Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Google is a global technology company that builds and maintains technical infrastructure to support its vast product portfolio and cloud services.
$150,000 - $300,000
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

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google Cloud combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. As a Staff SRE, you'll ensure Google Cloud's services maintain reliability and appropriate uptime while managing performance and capacity. The role focuses on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and automation.

You'll be part of the Technical Infrastructure team, responsible for the architecture that powers Google's products. The position offers unique challenges of scale specific to Google Cloud, requiring expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design. You'll work with distributed systems, managing their entire lifecycle from design to deployment and refinement.

The role emphasizes a culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, and problem-solving in a blame-free environment. You'll collaborate with professionals from various backgrounds, taking on meaningful projects while receiving support and mentorship for continuous growth. The position involves system design consulting, capacity planning, monitoring system health, and implementing automation for sustainable scaling.

This is an opportunity to be at the forefront of large-scale infrastructure, working with cutting-edge technology while ensuring the reliability of services that millions depend on. You'll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence, making a direct impact on Google Cloud's infrastructure and service delivery.

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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 with effective verbal and written communication skills

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

Medical Insurance
Parental Leave
  • Equal employment opportunity
  • Accommodation for special needs
  • Global work environment

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