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Software Engineer, Site Reliability, University Graduate

California, United States (On-site)

Software Engineer, Site Reliability, University Graduate

6 Days ago • All levels • Backend Development

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Job Description

Software engineers in Google's Site Reliability team work on the cutting edge of cloud-based computing, ensuring Google's services remain fast, reliable, and accessible. Responsibilities include troubleshooting traffic anomalies, maintaining cutting-edge services, monitoring and alert systems, building automation infrastructure, and creating scalable software. The role involves tackling challenging situations daily, collaborating with various engineering and operations teams, and contributing to Google's core services. Specific tasks may vary, but generally involve completing assigned tasks, fostering a productive team environment, mitigating reliability failures, analyzing information to solve problems, developing automation scripts, and reviewing code. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, along with experience in data structures, algorithms, and programming languages like C, C++, Java, JavaScript, or Python.

Must have:

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field
Experience with data structures and algorithms
Proficiency in at least one programming language (C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python)
Experience with debugging and code fixing
Problem-solving and analytical skills
Teamwork and collaboration

Good to have:

Previous tech internships or relevant work experience
Experience with web application development, Unix/Linux environments, or mobile app development
Experience with distributed systems, machine learning, or security software development
Experience improving system availability and latency
Experience with developing new algorithms
Proficiency in two or more programming languages

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience with Data Structures or Algorithms (i.e. completing a data structures or algorithms class, coursework, course projects, research, individual projects, internships, or other practical experience in/outside of school or work (including open source hobby coding)).
Examples of coding in one of the following programming languages including but not limited to: C, C++, Java, JavaScript or Python.
Experience with data structures, branching, function-calls, and conditionals or debugging code and submitting the appropriate fix in a general purpose programming language.

Preferred qualifications:

Previous tech internships or relevant work experience programming in one of the following languages as well as demonstrated experience programming in two or more of the languages including but not limited to: C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go or Python.
Experience working with some of the following: web application development, Unix/Linux environments, mobile application development, distributed and parallel systems, machine learning, information retrieval, natural language processing, networking, developing large software systems, or security software development.
Experience manipulating code to improve system availability and latency; Experience with improving inventing or proving the value of new algorithms that improve a product's capabilities, speed, efficiency and reliability or skill in isolating problems to a database subsystem.
Working proficiency in verbal and written English.
Authorization to legally work in the US.
Must be able to start a full-time role in 2020.

About the job

Software engineers working in Site Reliability are involved in every facet of Google's production and work on the cutting edge of cloud-based computing. As a member of this team you are in the thick of everything involved with keeping Google running, from code-level troubleshooting of traffic anomalies to maintenance of our most cutting edge services; from monitoring and alerts to building new automation infrastructure. Software engineers on this team love to create scalable software that scale to our users. You will take on challenging, novel situations every day, and work with just about every other engineering and operations team to provide services and applications that are quintessentially Google — fast, reliable and accessible to all.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities vary by project area. General responsibilities include: Take on tasks as requested, following through to completion despite roadblocks or distractions.
Create and support a productive and innovative team. This includes working with peers, managers, and teams.
Mitigate reliability failures in a component or system.
Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution to effectively solve problems.
Develop scripts to automate routine tasks while also reading and reviewing others’ code to provide feedback.

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