Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

1 Day ago • All levels • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Software Engineer in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google, you'll design, write, and deliver software to enhance the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Google's services. You'll solve critical service problems, automate responses, and build automation to prevent recurrence. You will also engage in capacity planning, performance analysis, and system tuning. The role requires expertise in coding, algorithms, large-scale system design, and a systematic problem-solving approach. On-call duties using a follow-the-sun model are part of the responsibilities. You'll work with large-scale distributed systems, contributing to designs, architectures, and standards. The position focuses on ensuring Google's services are reliable and highly available.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in CS or related field
  • Experience with algorithms & data structures
  • Proficiency in C, C++, Java, Python, or Go
  • Large-scale distributed system experience
  • Unix/Linux systems understanding
  • Problem-solving and ownership
Good to have:
  • Networking knowledge (TCP/IP, UDP, etc.)
  • Understanding of web services at scale
  • System capacity planning & demand forecasting

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis, and software design.
  • Experience in one or more of the following: C, C++, Java, Python, Go.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
  • Networking knowledge and understanding of network theory (e.g., different protocols (i.e., TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP, etc.), MAC addresses, IP packets, DNS, OSI layers, and load balancing).
  • Understanding of Unix/Linux systems from kernel to shell, taking in system libraries, file systems, and client-server protocols.
  • Familiarity with running web services at scale, and understanding of Unix systems internals and networking.
  • Systematic problem solving approach, coupled with a sense of ownership and drive.

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’s 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.

To learn more: check out our books on or read a about why a Software Engineer chose to join SRE.

As a Software Engineer on the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team, you will have the opportunity to manage the complex problems of scale which are unique to Google, using your expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis, and large-scale system design.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

  • Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Google's services.
  • Solve problems relating to mission critical services and build automation to prevent problem recurrence with the goal of automating response to all non-exceptional service conditions.
  • Influence and create new designs, architectures, standards, and methods for large-scale distributed systems.
  • Engage in service capacity planning and demand forecasting, software performance analysis, and system tuning.
  • Conduct periodic on-call duties using a follow-the-sun model.

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