Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Google's Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is at the forefront of maintaining and optimizing the company's massive distributed systems. As a Staff Software Engineer in SRE, you'll combine software and systems engineering expertise to ensure Google Cloud's services maintain exceptional reliability and performance. The role involves working with both internally critical and externally-visible systems, focusing on optimization, infrastructure development, and automation.

The position offers unique challenges of scale specific to Google Cloud, where you'll apply your expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design. You'll be part of a culture that values intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and openness, working in a blame-free environment that encourages collaboration and risk-taking.

The Technical Infrastructure team, which this role is part of, is fundamental to Google's product portfolio, developing and maintaining data centers and building next-generation Google platforms. The team takes pride in being the engineers' engineers, focusing on keeping networks running optimally for the best user experience.

This role requires a blend of technical expertise and leadership, with responsibilities spanning the entire service lifecycle. You'll be involved in system design consulting, platform development, capacity planning, and maintaining system health through monitoring and automation. The position offers opportunities for growth and learning in a supportive environment, working alongside people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

If you're passionate about distributed systems, have a strong software engineering background, and want to work on technology at a massive scale, this role offers the chance to make a significant impact on Google's infrastructure and services.