Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 1 year of experience coding in one or more of the following: C, C++, Java, Go or Python.
Preferred qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Experience with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis, and software design.
- Interest in designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
- Ability to debug and optimize code and automate routine tasks.
- Ability to create an environment where everyone can succeed.
- Excellent problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership.
About the job
Geo Surfaces SRE is dedicated to ensuring Google Maps is reliable, performant, and efficient across iOS, Android, and the Web. We embrace the tests of safeguarding user experiences, from the moment a user opens Maps, through the interplay of client and server Google technologies. What you work on will impact over a billion users globally, shaping the reliability of their daily journeys. We delve into client-side monitoring, influence application architecture, and build automation to proactively ensure a seamless experience on one of Google's most iconic products. If you're excited by complex distributed systems, passionate about user experience, and eager to work on software at an immense scale, come join us!
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with other engineers to build reliable systems that meet customer needs.
- Manage availability and performance by measuring the entire system and developing automated solutions to improve it.
- Involve the whole lifecycle of services, from inception and design, through deployment, operation and refinement.
- Work together to deliver the team's Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and promote reuse and best practices across teams when selecting from different design approaches.
- Participate in a sustainable oncall incident response team and practice blameless postmortems.