Product Solutions Engineer, Authentication and Security, Tech CoE

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 3 years of experience troubleshooting technical issues for internal/external partners or customers.
• Experience in either system design or reading code (e.g., Java, C++, Python).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or Applied Science, or a related field.
  
• 5 years of experience managing projects and working with analytics, software coding, or customer-side web technologies.
  
• 5 years of experience in operations management (i.e., process improvement, operational reviews, optimizing workflows, etc.).
• 5 years of experience working with Unix or Linux operating systems/commands.
• 5 years of experience with data analysis and SQL/MySQL.
  
• 5 years of experience in a customer-facing role.
  

About the job:

gTech Ads is responsible for all support and media and technical services for customers big and small across our entire Ad products stack. We help our customers get the most out of our Ad and Publisher products and guide them when they need help. We provide a range of services from enabling better self help and in-product support, to providing better support through interactions, setting up accounts and implementing ad campaigns, and providing media solutions for customers business and marketing needs and providing complex technical and measurement solutions along with consultative support for our large customers. These solutions range from bespoke and customized ones for our customers to scalable support for millions of customers worldwide. Based on the evolving needs of our ads customers, we partner with Sales, Product and Engineering teams within Google to develop better solutions, tools, and services to improve our products and enhance our client experience. As a cross-functional and global team, we ensure our customers get the best return on investment with Google and we remain a trusted partner.

Google creates products and services that make the world a better place, and gTech’s role is to help bring them to life. Our teams of trusted advisors support customers globally. Our solutions are rooted in our technical skill, product expertise, and a thorough understanding of our customers’ complex needs. Whether the answer is a bespoke solution to solve a unique problem, or a new tool that can scale across Google, everything we do aims to ensure our customers benefit from the full potential of Google products.

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Responsibilities:

• Prioritize and deliver outstanding customer service throughout the customer journey, troubleshooting and resolving issues with Google's advertisers and Sales teams, agencies and partners.
• Lead the technical investigation, triage, and resolution of complex escalations related to identity management, authentication pipeline failures, and unauthorized access vectors within the Ads ecosystems.
• Act as the technical engineer on passwordless authentication rollouts, directly supporting the mandate, troubleshooting, and implementation of Passkey technology (WebAuthn/FIDO2) for enterprise customers.
• Develop tools and automation for better diagnostics/data fixes and debugging, either independently or in partnership with Product Engineering teams.
• Partner directly with Product Engineering and Trust and Safety teams to identify systemic vulnerabilities in the authentication stack, executing precise bug routing and advocating for infrastructure-level fixes.