Messages Site Reliability Engineer

Google is seeking a Messages Site Reliability Engineer to join their team in Sydney, Australia. This role combines software engineering and systems engineering to ensure Google's messaging services remain highly available and performant. As an SRE, you'll work at the intersection of development and operations, partnering with developers to drive reliability across the entire stack, from end-user devices to mobile operator interconnects.

The position requires strong fundamentals in computer science and software development, with opportunities to work on mission-critical services that impact millions of users. You'll be responsible for managing service reliability, building automation to prevent issues, and establishing service level objectives that enable product reliability.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone early in their career to gain experience with large-scale distributed systems while working alongside experienced engineers. The role offers exposure to modern technologies and practices including Java, Go, high availability systems, and mobile/IP messaging infrastructure.

Google offers a collaborative environment where you'll work with multiple engineering teams, participate in on-call rotations, and have direct impact on service reliability. The company provides comprehensive benefits and is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, making it an excellent place to grow your career in site reliability engineering.

The position combines technical challenges with real user impact, as you'll be responsible for ensuring Google's messaging services remain reliable and performant for users worldwide. If you're passionate about building and maintaining large-scale systems and want to work at the intersection of development and operations, this role offers an excellent opportunity to do so at one of the world's leading technology companies.