Senior Systems Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Senior Systems Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud Join to apply for the Senior Systems Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud role at Google. About the job Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault‑tolerant systems. SRE ensures that Google Cloud's services—both our internally critical and our externally‑visible systems—have reliability, uptime appropriate to customers’ needs and a fast rate of improvement. Additionally, SRE’s will keep an ever‑watchful eye on our systems capacity and performance. Much of our software development focuses on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure and eliminating work through automation. On the SRE team, you’ll have the opportunity to manage the complex challenges of scale which are unique to Google Cloud, while using your expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis and large‑scale system design. SRE’s culture of intellectual curiosity, problem solving and openness is key to its success. Our organization brings together people with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We encourage them to collaborate, think big and take risks in a blame‑free environment. We promote self‑direction to work on meaningful projects, while we also strive to create an environment that provides the support and mentorship needed to learn and grow. Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We’re proud to be our engineers’ engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible. Minimum qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 5 years of experience with programming in one or more programming languages. 3 years of experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems and working with administration (e.g., filesystems, inodes, system calls) or networking (e.g., TCP/IP, routing, network topologies and hardware, SDN). 2 years of experience leading projects, and providing technical leadership. Preferred qualifications Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering. Responsibilities Improve the whole life‑cycle of services from inception and design, through deployment, operation, and refinement. Guide team members on managing availability and performance of mission‑critical services, building automation to prevent problem recurrence, and building automated responses for non‑exceptional service conditions. Monitor services once they are live by measuring availability, latency, and overall system health, and lead to sustainable incident response and blameless post‑mortems. Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by driving changes that improve reliability and velocity. Manage support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, and launch reviews. Compensation The U.S. base salary range for this full‑time position is $166,000‑$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in U.S. role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google. Equal Employment Opportunity Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form. Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Google by 2x. Get notified about new Senior Systems Engineer jobs in Sunnyvale, CA. Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function Information Technology and Engineering Industries Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet #J-18808-Ljbffr