Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Google is a global technology company that builds and maintains large-scale technical infrastructure powering their product portfolio.
Site Reliability
Staff Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
8+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Cloud

Description For Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Google Cloud's Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is at the forefront of building and maintaining large-scale, distributed systems that power Google's critical infrastructure. As a Staff Software Engineer in SRE, you'll tackle unique scaling challenges while combining software and systems engineering expertise. The role focuses on ensuring reliability and optimal performance of Google Cloud services through sophisticated monitoring, automation, and system optimization.

The position offers an opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a diverse and collaborative environment that values intellectual curiosity and problem-solving. You'll be part of a team that manages the complex challenges of scale unique to Google Cloud, applying your expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design.

The Technical Infrastructure team plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining Google's data centers and building next-generation platforms. The culture promotes self-direction, risk-taking in a blame-free environment, and continuous learning through mentorship and collaboration. You'll work alongside professionals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives, contributing to critical systems that impact millions of users worldwide.

This role offers the chance to shape the future of cloud infrastructure, working on meaningful projects that require both technical depth and leadership skills. You'll be involved in the entire service lifecycle, from design and deployment to operation and refinement, ensuring Google's services maintain their world-class reliability and performance standards.

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Responsibilities For Staff 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 Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Linux
Kubernetes
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 8 years of experience with data structures or algorithms
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages
  • 3 years of experience leading projects and designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems
  • 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 Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Accommodation for special needs

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