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R&D Software Engineer Lead & CISO

Baidu

Mountain View, CA · full time · Senior

$159,000 – $229,000

Listed on Baidu’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Lead a product engineering team building AI-powered advertising infrastructure while establishing security and compliance practices as the company's CISO. This role suits experienced backend engineers who want technical leadership responsibility across both R&D systems and information security.

Our summary, not Baidu’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

What they ask for

Required

  • 6+ years software development experience
  • 2+ years in a lead or tech-lead role
  • Backend expertise in at least one of Java, C++, Scala, or Python
  • Cloud infrastructure experience with GCP or AWS
  • Data frameworks experience such as Spark
  • Understanding of algorithms and data structures
  • Microservices and distributed systems knowledge
  • SQL and NoSQL database familiarity
  • Software engineering practices including version control, CI/CD, unit testing, and code reviews
  • Experience architecting and deploying production systems
  • Experience mentoring engineers
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills
  • Self-directed leadership capable of navigating ambiguity

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • Security best practices knowledge (OWASP, secure coding, API security)
  • Familiarity with compliance frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, EO 14117)
  • Containerization and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Infrastructure as Code experience

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