Software Developer II, Site Reliability Developer, Google Cloud

Google's Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is seeking a Software Developer II to join their Cloud division. This role combines software and systems engineering to build and maintain large-scale, distributed systems. As an SRE, you'll be responsible for ensuring Google's services maintain appropriate reliability and uptime while focusing on performance and capacity optimization.

The position offers an opportunity to work on critical infrastructure, both internal and external-facing systems, with a focus on automation and system optimization. You'll be part of a team that values creative engineering solutions to operations problems, using a wide range of tools and approaches to solve complex challenges.

The role emphasizes a culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem-solving in a blame-free environment. Google encourages collaboration, big-picture thinking, and risk-taking while providing support and mentorship for professional growth. The team follows key SRE practices including limiting operational work, conducting blameless postmortems, and proactively identifying potential outages.

This position offers competitive compensation including a base salary range of $118,000-$170,000, plus bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits. The role is available in either Sunnyvale, CA, USA or Waterloo, ON, Canada, providing flexibility in location choice while working with a global team of experienced engineers.

As a Software Developer II in SRE, you'll contribute to building infrastructure, automating processes, and optimizing existing systems. The role requires strong programming skills, understanding of distributed systems, and the ability to manage project priorities while meeting deadlines and deliverables.