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Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering

Google

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/5/2026

Compensation

$174,000 - $252,000 per year

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Job description

The Senior Software Engineer in Site Reliability Engineering at Google focuses on maintaining and improving the reliability and performance of Google's public services. This role involves engaging in the entire lifecycle of services, from design to deployment and operation. The team works on large-scale distributed systems, ensuring they are resilient and efficient. Candidates will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to systems that serve billions of users.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
  • 3 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
  • 2 years of experience leading projects and providing technical leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services from inception and design through to deployment, operation, and refinement.
  • Support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting and capacity planning.
  • Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health.
  • Scale systems sustainably through automation and push for changes that improve reliability and velocity.
  • Practice sustainable incident response and conduct blameless postmortems.

Benefits

  • Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.

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