Tech Lead, Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Job Description
Google's Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is seeking a Tech Lead, Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join their Technical Infrastructure organization. This role combines software and systems engineering to build and maintain Google's large-scale, distributed systems. As an SRE Tech Lead, you'll be responsible for ensuring Google's services maintain appropriate reliability and performance while driving continuous improvement.
The role requires deep technical expertise in distributed systems, with a focus on designing and implementing solutions that scale efficiently. You'll lead projects and provide technical guidance to team members while working on critical infrastructure that powers Google's vast service portfolio. The position offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and solve complex engineering challenges.
SRE at Google is known for its unique approach to operations, emphasizing automation, system design, and elimination of toil. You'll be part of a culture that values intellectual curiosity and blameless problem-solving, working alongside talented engineers from diverse backgrounds. The team promotes self-direction while providing strong support and mentorship for professional growth.
Key aspects of the role include consulting on system design, developing software platforms, capacity planning, and launch reviews. You'll also be responsible for monitoring system health, implementing automation solutions, and leading incident response efforts. The position offers exposure to Google's entire technical infrastructure and the chance to make significant impact on systems used by billions of users.
This is an excellent opportunity for experienced engineers who want to combine technical leadership with hands-on engineering work in a role that shapes how Google's infrastructure evolves and scales. The position offers competitive compensation and benefits while working with some of the most complex and interesting technical challenges in the industry.
Responsibilities For Tech Lead, Senior Site Reliability Engineer
- Engage in and improve the whole life-cycle 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 Tech Lead, Senior Site Reliability Engineer
- 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
- Experience with C++/Python
- Ability to debug, optimize code, and to automate routine tasks
- Excellent problem-solving approach, with effective verbal and written communication skills
Benefits For Tech Lead, Senior Site Reliability Engineer
- Comprehensive health coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Parental leave support
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