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Site Reliability Engineer- SWE- Cloud (multiple openings)

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Sunnyvale, CA · HybridFull-time$153–211K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$153–211K/yr
Location
Sunnyvale, CAHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Google seeks a Site Reliability Engineer for Google Cloud. The role involves developing and reviewing software, resolving system issues, participating in design reviews, improving service lifecycles, and maintaining availability and performance. The position reports to a Google office and may allow a hybrid schedule per Google policy. Candidates need a bachelor's degree in a related field and specified experience in software development, systems, and reliability.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Software DevelopmentC++PythonJavaGoJavaScriptDistributed SystemsBackend SystemsSoftware ArchitectureDebuggingSoftware DesignSystem DesignIncident Response ManagementKubernetesAPI DesignPerformance AnalysisMachine Learning InfrastructureApplied AISystem EfficiencySecurityIntegration TestingReal-Time MonitoringAlertingDistributed ComputingEnglish Proficiency

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Related Field2 Years Site Reliability Experience2 Years Software Development Experience2 Years Distributed Systems Experience2 Years Backend Systems Experience2 Years Software Architecture Experience2 Years Debugging Experience2 Years Software or System Design Experience2 Years Experience in Two Listed Areas1 Year Distributed Computing Experience

Full job description

Site Reliability Engineer- SWE- Cloud (multiple openings)

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or in a Site Reliability Engineer-related occupation.

  • Position requires the following: 2 years of experience in Software development utilizing C++, Python, Java, Go, or JavaScript; 2 years of experience in all the following: Distributed systems, Backend systems, Software architecture for scaled and reliable systems, Debugging/troubleshooting, and Software or System design; 2 years of experience in two of the following: Incident response management, Kubernetes, API design, Performance analysis, Machine learning infrastructure, Applied AI, improving efficiency of the system, security, integration testing, or real-time monitoring and alerting; and 1 year of experience in Distributed computing.

About the job

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $152,800 - $211,000 + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Position reports to the Google office & may allow for a hybrid schedule per Google policy.

Responsibilities

  • Write product or system development code. Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency); and Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.

  • Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

  • Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies; Improve the whole lifecycle of services from inception and design, through deployment, operation, and refinement; and Manage support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, and launch reviews.

  • Provide guidance to other team members on managing availability and performance of mission critical services, on building automation to prevent problem recurrence, and on building automated responses for non-exceptional service conditions.

  • Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health; Lead sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems; and Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by driving changes that improve reliability and velocity.

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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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How this job compares

Set against the 2,401 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$153–211K/yr
  • California median$165–244K/yr388 salary ranges
  • US median$126–219K/yr1,948 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $182K, is 12% below the California median midpoint ($206K) — in the middle half of Site Reliability Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 463 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs in California and 2,401 across the US. 16% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Site Reliability Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,051 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 735 of the 2,401 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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