Software Engineer III, Site Reliability Engineering
Company: Google
Location: Seattle
Posted on: April 3, 2026
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Job Description:
info_outline X In accordance with Washington state law, we are
highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available
to all eligible US 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 Note:
By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share
your preferred working location from the following: Seattle, WA,
USA; Kirkland, WA, USA . Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree
in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent
practical experience. 2 years of experience with software
development in one or more programming languages. Preferred
qualifications: Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
2 years of experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting
large-scale distributed systems. About the job Site Reliability
Engineering (SRE) is what you get when you treat operations as if
it’s a software problem. Our mission is to progress, protect, and
provide for the software and systems behind all of Google’s public
services - Search, Ads, Gmail, Android, YouTube, and AppEngine, to
name just a few - with an ever-watchful eye on their availability,
latency, performance, and capacity. This is an unusual job, unlike
others in the industry. Like traditional operations groups, we keep
important, revenue-critical systems up and running despite
hurricanes, bandwidth outages, and configuration problems . Unlike
traditional operations groups, we also have full access to and
authority to fix, extend, and scale the code to keep it working and
harden it against all the vagaries of the Internet. We hire people
from both systems and software backgrounds. Strong candidates will
have experience with both. Just as what we do is unique, where we
do it is unique too. At Google, we have the good fortune to have
developed many interesting systems ranging from planet-spanning
databases to near real-time scalable data warehousing to
fault-tolerant datastream joining . In SRE, we flip between the
fine-grained detail of disk driver I/O scheduling to the big
picture of continental-level service capacity, across a range of
systems and a user population measured in billions. We own those
products in production. We drive reliability and performance across
massive scale by mastering the full depth of the stack. We
literally do learn something new every day - usually surprising
things - that have the potential to transform the lives of billions
of our users around the world. The US base salary range for this
full-time position is $147,000-$211,000 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 education or training. Your recruiter can share more about
the specific salary range for your preferred location during the
hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in
US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include
bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .
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). 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.
Keywords: Google, Redmond , Software Engineer III, Site Reliability Engineering, IT / Software / Systems , Seattle, Washington
