Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

A global technology company that specializes in internet-related services and products.
Site Reliability
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Cloud

Description For Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Google's Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their mission of building and maintaining large-scale, distributed systems. This role combines software and systems engineering to ensure Google Cloud's services maintain optimal reliability and performance. As an SRE, you'll tackle complex challenges unique to Google's scale, focusing on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and implementing automation. The position requires expertise in coding, algorithms, and system design, while working in a diverse, collaborative environment that encourages intellectual curiosity and innovation.

The role is part of Google's Technical Infrastructure team, which is fundamental to keeping Google's vast product portfolio running smoothly. You'll be involved in developing and maintaining data centers, building next-generation Google platforms, and ensuring networks operate at peak efficiency. The position offers opportunities to work on meaningful projects with significant impact, while providing the support and mentorship needed for professional growth.

The ideal candidate will bring strong technical skills in distributed systems, demonstrated leadership experience, and excellent problem-solving abilities. You'll work in an environment that values diversity, promotes openness, and encourages taking calculated risks in a blame-free culture. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about large-scale systems engineering and interested in working at the forefront of cloud infrastructure technology.

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Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

  • Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services—from inception and design, through to deployment, operation and refinement
  • Support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning and launch reviews
  • Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency and overall system health
  • Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity
  • Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems

Requirements For Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Linux
Kubernetes
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages
  • 5 years of experience with data structures or algorithms
  • 3 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
  • 2 years of experience leading projects and providing technical leadership

Benefits For Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Medical Insurance
401k
Parental Leave
  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Retirement plans
  • Parental leave support

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