Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

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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'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 scalability challenges unique to Google Cloud while leveraging your expertise in coding, algorithms, and system design.

The position offers an opportunity to work with Google's Technical Infrastructure team, where you'll be responsible for the architecture that powers Google's vast product portfolio. You'll be involved in the complete service lifecycle, from design and deployment to operation and refinement. Key responsibilities include system design consulting, platform development, capacity planning, and launch reviews.

The ideal candidate brings strong experience in distributed systems, demonstrable software development skills, and a systematic approach to problem-solving. You'll work in a culture that values diversity, intellectual curiosity, and collaboration, with opportunities to lead projects and provide technical direction. The role offers exposure to cutting-edge technology and the chance to impact systems used by millions globally.

This position at Google Cloud combines technical depth with leadership opportunities, making it ideal for engineers who want to work on challenging problems at scale while growing their careers. You'll be part of a team that promotes self-direction and provides support for continuous learning and growth.

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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

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, Google Cloud

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

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