Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Google is a global technology company that builds and maintains technical infrastructure powering their product portfolio through data centers and platforms.
$150,000 - $250,000
Site Reliability
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Cloud
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Description For Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google Cloud 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 role focuses on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and automation.

The position offers unique challenges of scale specific to Google Cloud, requiring expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design. You'll be part of Google's Technical Infrastructure team, responsible for developing and maintaining data centers and building next-generation Google platforms.

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

The role combines technical expertise with system design, requiring both hands-on engineering skills and strategic thinking. You'll be responsible for the entire service lifecycle, from initial design to deployment and ongoing optimization. This position offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technology while ensuring Google's users have the best and fastest experience possible.

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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
Go
Java
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 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 with effective verbal and written communication skills

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

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

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