Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Google is a global technology company that builds and maintains large-scale distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
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 Cloud

Google Cloud is seeking a Senior Site Reliability 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 be responsible for ensuring Google Cloud's services maintain reliability and appropriate uptime while continuously improving performance and capacity.

The position offers unique challenges of scale specific to Google Cloud, where you'll apply your expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design. You'll be involved in the complete service lifecycle, from design and development to deployment and maintenance, with a strong focus on automation and system optimization.

The role is ideal for someone who thrives in a culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem-solving. You'll work in a blame-free environment that encourages collaboration, big-picture thinking, and calculated risk-taking. The team brings together individuals with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, promoting self-direction while providing the necessary support and mentorship for professional growth.

As part of the Technical Infrastructure team, you'll be at the heart of Google's architecture, helping to build and maintain the systems that power Google's entire product portfolio. The team takes pride in being the "engineers' engineers," focusing on keeping networks running optimally and ensuring the best possible user experience.

This position offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology at massive scale, collaborate with world-class engineers, and directly impact millions of users worldwide. The role combines technical expertise with leadership opportunities, making it perfect for those looking to grow both their technical and management skills in a supportive, innovation-driven environment.

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Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

  • 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, Google Cloud

Python
Java
Go
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
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills

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