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Technical Lead, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

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 · Cloud

Job Description

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google Cloud combines software and systems engineering expertise to build and maintain large-scale, distributed systems. As a Technical Lead in SRE, you'll be responsible for ensuring the reliability and performance of Google Cloud's critical services, both internal and customer-facing. The role involves complex system design, automation, and optimization work unique to Google's scale.

The position requires deep technical expertise in distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance optimization. You'll lead projects and collaborate with teams across Google to design and implement solutions that maintain and improve service reliability. The role combines hands-on technical work with technical leadership responsibilities.

Working in Google's Technical Infrastructure team, you'll be part of the organization that builds and maintains the foundation of Google's product portfolio. The team takes pride in solving complex engineering challenges and building next-generation platforms. The culture emphasizes intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and collaboration in a blame-free environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for experienced engineers who want to work on challenging distributed systems problems at massive scale while providing technical leadership. The role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technology and contribute to the reliability of services used by millions of users worldwide. Google provides a supportive environment for learning and growth, with opportunities to collaborate with some of the best engineers in the industry.

Last updated 7 days ago

Responsibilities For Technical Lead, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

  • Engage in and improve the lifecycle of services from inception and design, 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 Technical Lead, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Linux
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages
  • 3 years of experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems
  • 3 years of experience leading projects
  • Experience working in computing, distributed systems, storage, or networking
  • Ability to debug, optimize code, and to automate routine tasks
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and problem-solving skills

Benefits For Technical Lead, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Medical Insurance
Parental Leave
  • Medical Insurance
  • Parental Leave

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