Senior
Build the data pipeline infrastructure that powers Google's Threat Intelligence Group
On the Data Pipelines team within Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG)-Tech, you'll build and scale infrastructure that ingests threat intelligence data sources and delivers them to analysts, Alphabet security teams, and customers. Expect deep security/privacy software experience plus large-scale data pipeline engineering.
Step into this interview
Free · a live voice mock calibrated to this exact role
Likely format
Google SWE process typically: recruiter screen, 1-2 technical phone screens (coding), then an onsite loop covering coding, system design, and Googleyness/leadership behavioral rounds
What this interview tests
- Designing and scaling threat-intelligence data ingestion pipelines
- Building software for data privacy/security (e.g., identity and access management)
- Data storage methodologies: SQL/NoSQL, normalization, bulk pipelines
- Production-grade software design and architecture
- Technical leadership and cross-team influence on security-critical systems
Common question themes
Design a data pipeline that ingests and normalizes threat intelligence from many heterogeneous sources at scale
Describe a time you built software for identity and access management or another security/privacy-critical system
How would you choose between SQL and NoSQL storage for high-volume, evolving security data
Walk through a production issue you triaged in a data pipeline and how you traced the root cause
Tell me about a time you influenced a technical design decision on a security system without formal ownership
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