Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Google is a global technology company that builds and maintains technical infrastructure powering their product portfolio through data centers, platforms, and networks.
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, Google Cloud

Google Cloud's Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their mission of building and maintaining large-scale, distributed systems. This role combines software and systems engineering expertise to ensure Google Cloud services maintain optimal reliability and performance. As an SRE, you'll tackle unique scaling challenges while working on system optimization, infrastructure development, and automation. The position offers opportunities to work with cutting-edge technology in Google's Technical Infrastructure team, managing everything from data centers to next-generation platforms.

The role requires a strong background in software development, distributed systems, and technical leadership. You'll be part of a diverse team that values intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and openness. The position involves the complete service lifecycle, from design and development to deployment and maintenance, with a focus on building sustainable, reliable systems at scale.

Google offers a collaborative environment where engineers can make significant impacts on global infrastructure. The company promotes self-direction while providing support and mentorship for professional growth. This role is perfect for engineers who enjoy solving complex technical challenges, are passionate about system reliability, and want to work with some of the world's most sophisticated computing systems.

Working at Google means joining a company that values diversity, equal opportunity, and creating a culture of belonging. The position offers the chance to work on meaningful projects while contributing to systems that serve billions of users. If you're excited about large-scale distributed systems, automation, and maintaining high-reliability services, this role provides an excellent opportunity to work at the forefront of cloud computing technology.

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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

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
  • 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, coupled with effective verbal and written communication skills

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

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
401k
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Inclusive work environment
  • Global collaboration opportunities

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