Senior Software Engineer, Databases Site Reliability Engineering

Google's Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Databases SRE team. This role combines software and systems engineering to build and maintain large-scale, distributed systems that power Google Cloud's services. The position focuses on ensuring reliability, uptime, and performance optimization of critical internal and external systems.

As an SRE, you'll work on complex challenges unique to Google Cloud's scale, applying expertise in coding, algorithms, and large-scale system design. The role involves optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and automating processes. Google's SRE culture values intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and openness, bringing together diverse perspectives in a blame-free environment.

The Technical Infrastructure team, which this role is part of, is fundamental to Google's product portfolio, developing and maintaining data centers and building next-generation platforms. The team takes pride in being "engineers' engineers" and focuses on keeping networks running optimally for the best user experience.

This is an excellent opportunity for experienced engineers who are passionate about distributed systems, have strong technical leadership skills, and want to work on systems that impact billions of users. The role offers the chance to collaborate with talented engineers, work on meaningful projects, and grow professionally in a supportive environment that promotes self-direction and mentorship.