Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, GCS

Staff Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, GCS

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Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.

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X In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible U.S. based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short‑Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28‑30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

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By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:
Sunnyvale, CA, USA;
Seattle, WA, USA
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• 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 leading projects.
• 3 years of experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.

• Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• 3 years of experience working with algorithms, data structures, analysis and software design.
• Experience in one or more of the following: C, C++, Java, Python, Go, Perl or Ruby.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault‑tolerant systems. SRE ensures that Google Cloud's services—both our internally critical and our externally‑visible systems—have reliability, uptime appropriate to customer’s 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 Cloud, 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.

As a part of the Google Cloud Storage (GCS) SRE, you will help scale one of the world’s largest object storage systems. You will collaborate with a supportive global team and partner with developers to launch features or drive reliability projects with our Sydney‑based engineers.

As a Tier 1 on‑call member, you will leverage operational insights to lead high‑impact engineering projects and mentor talent. Your role will offer a unique opportunity to support reliability and directly influence the technical evolution of a critical, global Google service. 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.

The U.S. base salary range for this full‑time position is $197,000‑$291,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant…