Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Google is a global technology company that builds and maintains large-scale technical infrastructure powering their product portfolio.
Site Reliability
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Cloud

Description For Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. As an SRE, you'll be responsible for ensuring Google Cloud's services maintain reliability and appropriate uptime while continuously improving performance. The role involves managing complex challenges unique to Google Cloud's scale, utilizing expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design.

The position sits within Google's Technical Infrastructure team, which is fundamental to keeping Google's services running smoothly. You'll be part of the team that develops and maintains data centers and builds next-generation Google platforms. The role offers opportunities to work on meaningful projects in a blame-free environment that encourages collaboration, innovation, and risk-taking.

SRE's culture emphasizes diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem-solving. The team brings together individuals with varied backgrounds and perspectives, promoting self-direction while providing support and mentorship for professional growth. You'll be involved in optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and automating processes to eliminate manual work.

This is an excellent opportunity for experienced engineers who want to impact billions of users while working with cutting-edge technology at massive scale. The role offers a blend of software development, systems engineering, and technical leadership, making it ideal for those who enjoy both technical challenges and project leadership.

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Responsibilities For Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Python
Go
Java
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
  • English proficiency is required

Benefits For Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Accommodations for special needs

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