Principal Analyst, Gen AI Trust and Safety
Google · Kirkland, WA
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- On site
- Full-time
- $248,000 / year
- Kirkland, WA
Job highlights
- Lead Gen AI trust and safety strategy at Google.
- Architect approach to complex AI risks.
- Define long-term GenAI safety roadmap.
- Partner with Engineering, Product, Policy, Legal.
- Analyze AI risks and develop mitigations.
About the role
About The Job
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. You work globally and cross-functionally with Google engineers and product managers to identify and fight abuse and fraud cases at Google speed - with urgency. And you take pride in knowing that every day you are working hard to promote trust in Google and ensuring the highest levels of user safety.The Trust and Safety team's mission is to protect Google's users by ensuring online safety in both core and emerging areas. This includes fighting abuse and fraud across Google products.
As Principal, Gen AI Trust and Safety, you will be a thought leader responsible for architecting our approach to the most complex risks associated with cutting-edge AI. You will move beyond day-to-day analysis to define the long-term strategic roadmap for GenAI safety. Your role will be to anticipate risks and threats, influence policy evolution, develop novel evaluation paradigms, and inform Google's product and research direction to ensure safety is a foundational, non-negotiable component of our AI systems.
At Google we work hard to earn our users’ trust every day. Trust & Safety is Google’s team of abuse fighting and user trust experts working daily to make the internet a safer place. We partner with teams across Google to deliver bold solutions in abuse areas such as malware, spam and account hijacking. A team of Analysts, Policy Specialists, Engineers, and Program Managers, we work to reduce risk and fight abuse across all of Google’s products, protecting our users, advertisers, and publishers across the globe in over 40 languages.
Responsibilities
- Initiate and drive projects that enable scaled policy enforcement to implement next-generation safety mitigations.
- Guide engineering and research teams in building sophisticated technical solutions, from fine-tuning techniques to classifier-based guardrails.
- Partner with Policy, Engineering, Product and Legal to set precedents and create robust, scalable, and defensible principles for new AI capabilities.
- Analyze the evolving AI risk and harms landscape. Anticipate and address risks, behavior, and adversarial techniques, translating these insights into a proactive mitigation agenda.
- Become the go-to person for issues related to application of novel policies, limitations and use domain knowledge to provide partners with insights and analyses to address gaps.
- Perform on-call responsibilities on a rotating basis, including weekend coverage/holidays.
- Review or be exposed to sensitive or violative content as part of core role.
Key skills/competency
- Generative AI
- Trust and Safety
- Data Analytics
- Policy Development
- Risk Assessment
- Machine Learning
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Strategic Planning
- Technical Solutions
- User Safety
Skills & topics
- Generative AI
- Trust and Safety
- Data Analytics
- Policy
- Risk Management
- Machine Learning
- AI Safety
- Principal Analyst
- Technology
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your 10+ years of experience in data analytics, trust & safety, or policy, emphasizing any AI or ML exposure.
- Showcase relevant skills: Detail your experience with SQL, Python, dashboard building, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering and product teams.
- Prepare for technical questions: Be ready to discuss your approach to AI risk assessment, policy enforcement, and technical solution development.
- Demonstrate policy acumen: Articulate your experience working with policy teams and influencing policy evolution.
- Express your passion: Convey your commitment to user safety and product integrity in your applications and interviews.
Technical preparation
Master AI risk assessment frameworks.,Practice SQL for complex data analysis.,Build mock dashboards for safety metrics.,Review Python for data manipulation.
Behavioral questions
Describe a complex safety issue you solved.,How do you influence cross-functional teams?,How do you anticipate future risks?,Share an experience with policy development.
Frequently asked questions
- What are the minimum qualifications for the Principal Analyst, Gen AI Trust and Safety role at Google?
- The minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, and 10 years of experience in data analytics, trust and safety, policy, or related fields.
- What preferred qualifications would make a candidate stand out for the Principal Analyst, Gen AI Trust and Safety position at Google?
- Preferred qualifications include a Master's or PhD, experience with machine learning, SQL, building dashboards, data collection/transformation, visualization, scripting/programming languages like Python, experience working with engineering and product teams on user safety solutions, and strong communication and presentation skills.
- What is the primary mission of Google's Trust & Safety team?
- The Trust & Safety team's mission is to protect Google's users by ensuring online safety in both core and emerging areas, which includes fighting abuse and fraud across all Google products.
- What will be the key responsibilities of the Principal, Gen AI Trust and Safety at Google?
- As a Principal, Gen AI Trust and Safety, you will be a thought leader responsible for architecting the approach to AI risks, defining the strategic roadmap for GenAI safety, anticipating risks, influencing policy, developing evaluation paradigms, and informing product and research direction for AI systems.
- What locations are available for the Principal Analyst, Gen AI Trust and Safety role at Google?
- Candidates can select their preferred working location from Washington D.C., DC, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; or Seattle, WA, USA.
- Does Google offer benefits for the Principal Analyst, Gen AI Trust and Safety role?
- Yes, Google offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, retirement benefits (401(k) with company match), paid time off, sick time, maternity leave, baby bonding leave, and paid holidays.
- What is the salary range for the Principal Analyst, Gen AI Trust and Safety position at Google?
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $171,000-$248,000, plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Actual compensation depends on role, level, and location.
- How does Google ensure safety and integrity in its products?