Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Alphanet SRE

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience leading projects.
• 3 years of experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.

Nice to Haves

• Experience in network protocols and innovative large-scale networking architectures, or equivalent network engineering experience (e.g., Cisco CCNA).
• Experience leading cross-functional technical projects or missions spanning multiple teams.
• Ability to debug, optimize code, and to automate routine tasks.
• Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
• Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective verbal and written communication skills.

What You'll Be Doing

• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of service 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.

Perks and Benefits

• Ireland: €150000 - €153000 (EUR) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
• Opportunity to work at Google with a culture of intellectual curiosity and problem-solving.
• Collaborative work environment with a variety of backgrounds and experiences.
• Support and mentorship for meaningful projects and growth opportunities.