Senior Systems Development Engineer, Silicon

Google organizes the world's information, making it universally accessible and useful.
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Senior Software Engineer
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5+ years of experience
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Description For Senior Systems Development Engineer, Silicon

Google is seeking a Senior Systems Development Engineer for their Silicon team. This role involves managing services and systems at scale, with a focus on automating processes and reducing toil. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Linux systems, programming languages like Python and Bash, and experience with cloud computing environments.

As a Systems Development Engineer at Google, you'll be part of a team that emphasizes observability, turning data into knowledge, and knowledge into action. You'll work on projects that impact the operational efficiency of Google's systems and services, which in turn affects both the environment and the bottom line.

Key responsibilities include architecting and maintaining computing infrastructure, improving Linux environments on Google Cloud Platform, and troubleshooting complex technical issues. You'll also participate in on-call rotations and monitor production distributed computing infrastructure.

Google offers a collaborative environment where diverse perspectives are valued. They encourage thinking big and taking risks in a blame-free culture. The role provides opportunities for self-direction on meaningful projects, along with support and mentorship for continuous learning and growth.

This position is part of Google's mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. You'll be joining a team that combines Google's AI, Software, and Hardware expertise to create innovative and helpful experiences. The focus is on developing new technologies and hardware to enhance computing speed, seamlessness, and power, ultimately aiming to improve people's lives through technology.

If you're passionate about systems development, have a strong background in Linux and cloud computing, and want to work on projects that matter at a global scale, this role at Google could be an excellent opportunity for you.

Last updated 2 months ago

Responsibilities For Senior Systems Development Engineer, Silicon

  • Architect, implement, and maintain computing infrastructure for use by internal teams
  • Create new, and improve existing, Linux computing, storage, and networking environments running on Google Cloud Platform
  • Improve operations work and reduce support toil by proposing and implementing automation and process improvements
  • Troubleshoot advanced technical issues within a large scale Linux computing environment
  • Participate in limited on-call rotation and monitoring of production distributed computing infrastructure

Requirements For Senior Systems Development Engineer, Silicon

Linux
Python
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT-related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5 years of experience with Linux operating systems internals and administration, technical infrastructure (e.g., deployment, maintenance, troubleshooting), and with reliability of technical infrastructure
  • 3 years of experience with one or more programming/scripting languages (Python, Bash)

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