Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Requirements

• 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.

Nice to Haves

• Experience working in computing, distributed systems, storage, or networking.
• Experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
• Ability to debug, optimize code, and to automate routine tasks.
• Excellent problem-solving, verbal and written communication skills.

What You'll Be Doing

• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services from inception, design 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.
• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.
• Work on the availability, scalability, efficiency, and latency of some of Google Cloud’s most critical services.
• Solve operations problems by using software engineering principles and best practices. Collaborate with the developer teams on design, architecture, and processes.

Perks and Benefits

• Opportunity to work on unique challenges of scale at Google Cloud.
• Culture of diversity, intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and openness.
• Support and mentorship for learning and growth.
• Equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.