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Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Google is a global technology company that builds innovative products and services used by billions of users.
Site Reliability
Staff Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
8+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · AI
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Description For Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Google's Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their mission of building and maintaining large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. This role combines software and systems engineering to ensure Google Cloud's services maintain reliability and optimal performance.

As a Staff SRE, you'll be at the forefront of managing complex scalability challenges unique to Google Cloud. Your work will focus on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and implementing automation to eliminate manual work. The role requires expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design.

The position is based in Dublin, Ireland, where you'll work with Google's Technical Infrastructure team. You'll be responsible for the architecture that powers Google's product portfolio, from data centers to next-generation platforms. The role involves the entire service lifecycle, from design and deployment to operation and refinement.

SRE's culture emphasizes intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and openness. The team brings together diverse perspectives and backgrounds, encouraging collaboration and risk-taking in a blame-free environment. You'll have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects while receiving support and mentorship for continuous learning and growth.

This is an ideal role for an experienced engineer who is passionate about distributed systems, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and wants to make a significant impact on systems that serve billions of users. The position offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technology while contributing to Google's mission of organizing the world's information.

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Responsibilities For Staff 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 Staff 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
  • 8 years of experience with data structures or algorithms
  • 3 years of experience leading projects and designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems
  • 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 Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

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