Software Engineering Manager, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Google; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Site Reliability Engineering team in Warsaw, Poland. This role involves managing complex challenges unique to Google while ensuring service reliability and performance. Applicants should hold a Bachelor's in Computer Science and have significant experience in software development and team leadership.

Key responsibilities include overseeing team projects, improving service availability, and mentoring engineers. A culture of openness and collaboration is fostered, allowing for significant professional growth.

Qualifications

• 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 designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Software/Systems Engineers on projects and be responsible for uptime.
• Own end-to-end availability and performance of key services.
• Design, write and deliver software to improve services' availability and scalability.

Skills

Software development

Team management

Leadership

Distributed systems

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Software Engineering Manager, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Warsaw, Poland | Advanced level

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's services—both our internally critical and our externally-visible systems—have reliability, uptime appropriate to users' needs and a fast rate of improvement. Additionally SRE 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, 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.

Minimum 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.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working in computing, distributed systems, storage, or networking.
• Expertise 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.

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Google is an equal‑opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents‑to‑be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google’s EEO Policy.