Senior Software Developer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

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

Description For Senior Software Developer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Google Cloud is seeking a Senior Software Developer for their Site Reliability Engineering team. This role combines software and systems development to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. As an SRE, you'll ensure Google's services maintain reliability and appropriate uptime while constantly improving performance. The role involves managing complex challenges unique to Google's scale, utilizing expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design.

The Technical Infrastructure team is responsible for building and maintaining Google's architecture, from data centers to next-generation platforms. The team takes pride in being "engineers' engineers" and focuses on keeping networks running optimally for the best user experience. You'll work in a culture that values intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and openness, bringing together diverse perspectives in a blame-free environment.

Key responsibilities include the full service lifecycle management, from design through deployment and operation. You'll be involved in system design consulting, platform development, capacity planning, and launch reviews. Post-launch, you'll focus on monitoring system health, implementing automation for scale, and driving improvements in reliability and velocity.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical skills with leadership experience, capable of managing projects and providing technical direction. You'll work with cutting-edge technology at massive scale, solving unique challenges that come with operating Google's global infrastructure. The role offers opportunities for growth, learning, and making significant impact on systems used by billions of users worldwide.

Benefits include competitive compensation, comprehensive health coverage, retirement benefits, and the opportunity to work with world-class engineers on challenging technical problems. Google promotes a collaborative environment where innovation and technical excellence are highly valued.

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Responsibilities For Senior Software Developer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

  • 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 Senior Software Developer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

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
  • 5 years of experience with data structures or algorithms
  • 3 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
  • 2 years of experience leading projects and providing technical leadership

Benefits For Senior Software Developer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Medical Insurance
401k
  • Competitive compensation
  • Comprehensive health coverage
  • Retirement benefits

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