Senior Staff Software Engineer, SRE, Core Networking

Google's Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join their Core Networking team. This role combines software and systems engineering to build and maintain Google Cloud's massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. The position focuses on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and automating processes to ensure reliability and performance at scale.

As a technical leader, you'll be responsible for designing and operating one of the largest IP Networks globally, covering data center, metro, and wide area networks. The role requires deep expertise in network design, distributed systems, and software development. You'll work on critical infrastructure that powers Google's entire product portfolio, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of software development experience, strong leadership capabilities, and extensive knowledge of network architecture and distributed systems. You'll collaborate with teams across Google to solve complex networking challenges, mentor other engineers, and drive technical excellence.

This role offers competitive compensation ($248,000-$349,000 base salary plus bonus and equity) and comprehensive benefits. You'll work in an environment that values intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and openness, with opportunities to tackle unique scaling challenges specific to Google Cloud.

The position is based in Sunnyvale, CA, and requires working with Google's global infrastructure team to maintain and improve network systems that serve billions of users. If you're passionate about large-scale networking, automation, and building reliable distributed systems, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact at one of the world's leading technology companies.