Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud
Description For Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google Cloud combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. As an SRE, you'll ensure Google Cloud's services maintain reliability and appropriate uptime while managing performance and capacity. The role focuses on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and automation. You'll tackle unique scaling challenges specific to Google Cloud, applying expertise in coding, algorithms, and large-scale system design. The team values diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem-solving in a blame-free environment. You'll work with the Technical Infrastructure team, maintaining and developing data centers and next-generation Google platforms. The position offers opportunities for self-direction on meaningful projects while providing support and mentorship for professional growth. The role combines technical expertise with system design, monitoring, and maintenance responsibilities, making it ideal for engineers passionate about large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure reliability.
Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer, 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 Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud
- 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
- Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
- Ability to debug, optimize code, and to automate routine tasks
- Systematic problem-solving approach with effective verbal and written communication skills
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