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Engineering Analyst, Trust and Safety, Ads

Google · United States · On-site

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About the role

Trust & Safety team members are tasked with identifying and taking on the biggest problems that challenge the safety and integrity of our products. They use technical know-how, excellent problem-solving skills, user insights, and proactive communication to protect users and our partners from abuse across Google products like Search, Maps, Gmail, and Google Ads. On this team, you're a big-picture thinker and strategic team-player with a passion for doing what’s right.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 2 years of experience in data analysis, including identifying trends, generating summary statistics, and drawing insights from quantitative and qualitative data
  • 2 years of experience managing projects and defining project scope, goals, and deliverables
More about this role
  • Lead in-depth search investigations into complex TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures) to perform actor tracking and disrupt organized fraud rings targeting Google Ads.
  • Apply advanced statistical methods and technical analysis to uncover sophisticated abuse vectors such as malware distribution, cloaking, and policy circumvention. Identify anomalies and build predictive visual models that influence the evolution of automated detection systems.
  • Drive the rapid response for high-severity adversarial incidents, conducting thorough root cause analyses to implement long-term preventions. Design and execute anti-abuse experiments to identify product shortcomings and stress-test Google’s protection measures against evolving scam patterns.
  • Perform on-call responsibilities on a rotating basis, including weekend coverage/holidays. Works with sensitive content or situations and may be exposed to graphic, controversial, or upsetting topics or content.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience in data analysis, including identifying trends, generating summary statistics, and drawing insights from quantitative and qualitative data.
  • 2 years of...

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