Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering
GoogleSenior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering
GoogleLocation
Sunnyvale, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/17/2026
Compensation
$174,000 - $252,000 per year
Job description
The Senior Software Engineer in Site Reliability Engineering at Google focuses on treating operations as a software problem to enhance the reliability and performance of Google's public services. This role involves engaging in the entire lifecycle of services, from design to operation, ensuring their availability and efficiency. The team is responsible for maintaining and scaling systems while driving improvements through automation and incident response practices. Candidates will work on complex systems that impact billions of users globally.
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 to deployment and refinement.
- Support services before they go live through system design consulting, developing software platforms, 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 evolve systems by advocating 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.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Google Llc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
908
FY2026
Approval rate
98.4%
FY2026
LCA certified
4,273
FY2026
Entry-level share
0.6%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
-14%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-51%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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