Tech Lead, Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google is an engineering discipline that combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. As a Tech Lead Senior SRE, you'll be responsible for ensuring Google's services have appropriate reliability and uptime while maintaining performance and capacity optimization. The role involves creative engineering solutions to operations problems, with a focus on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and automation.

The position sits within Google's Technical Infrastructure team, which is fundamental to keeping Google's vast product portfolio running. You'll be working on developing and maintaining data centers and building next-generation Google platforms. The team takes pride in being the engineers' engineers, focusing on keeping networks running optimally to ensure the best user experience.

The role requires a strong technical background with at least 5 years of software development experience and expertise in distributed systems. You'll lead projects and provide technical leadership, working with various tools and approaches to solve a broad spectrum of problems. The culture emphasizes intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and openness, bringing together people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

Key aspects of the role include engaging in the complete service lifecycle, from design to deployment and refinement, supporting services pre-launch through system design consulting and capacity planning, and maintaining live services through monitoring and health checks. You'll be responsible for scaling systems through automation and driving changes that improve reliability and velocity.

This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned engineer looking to take on technical leadership in a role that combines software engineering with systems operations at massive scale. The position offers the chance to work on some of the world's largest distributed systems while leading and mentoring other engineers in a blame-free, collaborative environment focused on continuous improvement.