Software Engineering Manager, SRE – Uptime & Scale Lead

Google LLC; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Sydney is seeking a Software Engineering Manager for Google Home SRE to lead a team of software and systems engineers, ensuring uptime and scalable services across global platforms.

You'll mentor engineers, own end-to-end availability, drive project delivery, and design high‑throughput distributed systems while shaping a blameless, inclusive culture in a high-impact environment.

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 a team of Software/Systems Engineers on projects for users and be directly responsible for uptime.
• Own end-to-end availability and performance of key services and build automation to prevent problem recurrence. Automate response to all non-exceptional service conditions.
• Lead by example, mentor the team and establish credibility through quality technical execution.
• Manage on-call rotations across continents, using a follow-the-sun model.
• Design, write and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency and efficiency of Google's services.

Skills

People management

Team leadership

Distributed systems

Software development

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/related field

Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Job description

Google Sydney is seeking a Software Engineering Manager for Google Home SRE to lead a team of software and systems engineers, ensuring uptime and scalable services across global platforms.

You'll mentor engineers, own end-to-end availability, drive project delivery, and design high‑throughput distributed systems while shaping a blameless, inclusive culture in a high-impact environment.