Senior Staff SRE Engineer - Scale & Reliability Leader

Google LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 364,000; Full time

Job summary

Google seeks a Senior Staff Software Engineer in Site Reliability Engineering in Sunnyvale, CA. You will lead, design, and optimize large-scale distributed systems, driving reliability, performance, and automation across Google services.

The role emphasizes software engineering, system design, and mentorship within a collaborative, blame-free environment, with in-person interviews often required.

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 leading projects, and providing technical leadership.
• 3 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Site Reliability Engineering focuses on building and running large-scale, distributed, fault-tolerant systems.
• Develop and optimize software platforms and automation to support reliability and velocity.
• Collaborate across teams to design, implement, and improve systems at Google scale.
• Maintain and monitor services to ensure uptime and performance.

Skills

Software development

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Google seeks a Senior Staff Software Engineer in Site Reliability Engineering in Sunnyvale, CA. You will lead, design, and optimize large-scale distributed systems, driving reliability, performance, and automation across Google services.

The role emphasizes software engineering, system design, and mentorship within a collaborative, blame-free environment, with in-person interviews often required.