Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Google is a global technology company that builds and maintains large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure powering their product portfolio.
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 technical infrastructure team. This role combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. As an SRE, you'll ensure Google Cloud's services maintain reliability and appropriate uptime while monitoring system capacity and performance.

The position requires expertise in software development, distributed systems, and technical leadership. You'll work on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and automating processes. The role offers unique challenges of scale specific to Google Cloud, allowing you to apply your skills in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design.

Google's SRE culture emphasizes diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem-solving in a blame-free environment. The team brings together people with varied backgrounds and perspectives, encouraging collaboration and innovation. You'll have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects while receiving support and mentorship for professional growth.

The Technical Infrastructure team is crucial in maintaining Google's architecture, from developing and maintaining data centers to building next-generation platforms. You'll join a team that takes pride in being "engineers' engineers" and ensures networks run optimally for the best user experience.

This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technology at massive scale, contribute to critical infrastructure, and be part of a team that values technical excellence and innovative solutions. You'll have the opportunity to shape the reliability and performance of Google's services while working in a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.

Last updated 15 days ago

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
  • Experience working in computing, distributed systems, storage, or networking
  • Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
  • Ability to debug, optimize code, and to automate routine tasks
  • Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective verbal and written communication skills

Benefits For Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
Parental Leave
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Accommodation for special needs
  • Global work environment

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