Senior Software Developer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Google Cloud is seeking a Senior Software Developer for Site Reliability Engineering to join their team in Waterloo. This role combines software and systems development to build and maintain Google's large-scale distributed systems. As an SRE, you'll be responsible for ensuring Google's services maintain appropriate reliability and uptime while continuously improving performance and capacity. The role involves complex challenges unique to Google's scale, requiring expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design.

The Technical Infrastructure team builds and maintains the architecture that powers Google's entire product portfolio. You'll work on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and automating processes to eliminate manual work. The team takes pride in being "engineers' engineers" and tackles challenging technical problems to ensure users have the best possible experience.

The role offers opportunities to work with cutting-edge technology and collaborate with talented engineers in a blame-free environment that encourages intellectual curiosity and innovation. Google promotes self-direction while providing support and mentorship for growth. You'll be part of an organization that brings together diverse perspectives and backgrounds to solve some of technology's most interesting challenges at scale.

As an SRE, you'll be involved in the complete service lifecycle - from initial design through deployment and ongoing maintenance. Key responsibilities include system design consulting, capacity planning, launch reviews, monitoring system health, and driving improvements in reliability and velocity. The role requires both technical depth and leadership skills, as you'll be guiding projects and providing technical direction while hands-on coding and troubleshooting.

Google offers a collaborative culture focused on making impact through technology. The company is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, providing equal opportunities for all qualified candidates. If you're passionate about solving complex technical challenges, building reliable distributed systems, and working with cutting-edge technology at massive scale, this role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of Google's infrastructure.