Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Scalable Cloud

Socket.dev; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join the SU SRE organization in a high-impact role. You will drive reliability, scalability, and performance for critical Google Cloud services, collaborating across teams to embed reliability in design and operations.

The role emphasizes software engineering, large-scale system design, and a culture of problem-solving and mentorship, with opportunities to influence architecture and capacity planning in a blame-free 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.
• 4 years of experience in applying Design for Reliability techniques.
• 3 years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer.
• 3 years of experience leading projects.
• 3 years of experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the technical strategy and roadmap for critical areas within SU SRE, mentoring team members to enhance system reliability and efficiency.
• Initiate, own, and lead large-scale, complex projects and programs to significantly improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of SU services, often spanning multiple teams and systems.
• Partner with development teams to influence system design and architecture, embedding reliability principles throughout the development life-cycle.
• Identify, analyze, and mitigate risks in production. Design and implement architectural improvements to ensure long-term service health, scalability, and efficiency.
• Participate in the oncall rotation, respond to incidents, and drive postmortem actions to prevent recurrence.

Skills

Software development

Design for Reliability

Project leadership

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Google is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join the SU SRE organization in a high-impact role. You will drive reliability, scalability, and performance for critical Google Cloud services, collaborating across teams to embed reliability in design and operations.

The role emphasizes software engineering, large-scale system design, and a culture of problem-solving and mentorship, with opportunities to influence architecture and capacity planning in a blame-free environment.