Senior SRE & AI Foundations Manager - Data Intelligence

Google Inc.; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Sydney is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead an SRE team in AI Foundations and Data Intelligence. You will own end-to-end reliability for key services, drive architecture, and scale systems with automation and strong coding skills in C++, Java, and Go.

Applicants should have 3+ years in people leadership, 8+ years in software development, and a proven track record delivering complex distributed systems in high-availability environments.

Qualifications

• 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 managing people or teams.
• 3 years of experience leading projects.
• 3 years of experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a distributed team of SREs. Drive performance evaluations, career management, and strategic hiring to support expanding initiatives.
• Own end-to-end reliability for F1 Query and CDQ services. Lead within a Tier-1 on-call rotation (5-minute response SLA) to ensure rapid incident resolution and high availability.
• Identify architectural bottlenecks and design resilient systems. Scale infrastructure sustainably by replacing manual toil with automation to boost reliability and release velocity.
• Partner with core Query development teams and peer SRE groups across AI Foundations and Data Intelligence. Drive alignment on roadmaps and lead product area and Google-wide reliability efforts.
• Provide technical guidance via design reviews, consultation, and production training. Steer engineering across C++, Java, and Go services, covering capacity planning and performance tuning.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed systems

Software development

Cross-team collaboration

Code review

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

C++

Java

Go

Job description

Google Sydney is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead an SRE team in AI Foundations and Data Intelligence. You will own end-to-end reliability for key services, drive architecture, and scale systems with automation and strong coding skills in C++, Java, and Go.

Applicants should have 3+ years in people leadership, 8+ years in software development, and a proven track record delivering complex distributed systems in high-availability environments.