Site Reliability Manager, Pub/Sub

Company: Google
Location: New York City
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 8 years of experience with software development in Java, Python, or C++. 5 years of experience in the field of quality/reliability engineering. 3 years of experience managing people or teams. 3 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems. 3 years of experience with stakeholder management. Preferred qualifications: Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering. Experience in building and managing a team of talented and results-oriented engineers to deliver on large-scale projects. Experience working at the intersection of technology and business, utilizing technical expertise and market knowledge to influence industry direction. Experience in developing and maintaining good collaborative relationships. Ability to support enterprise customers and an excellent understanding of enterprise workloads. Ability to create a compelling goal for the future, communicate clearly, and maintain a collaborative leadership approach. About the job Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems. SRE ensures that Google's services—both our internally critical and our externally-visible systems—have reliability, uptime appropriate to users' needs and a fast rate of improvement. Additionally SRE’s will keep an ever-watchful eye on our systems capacity and performance. Much of our software development focuses on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure and eliminating work through automation. On the SRE team, you’ll have the opportunity to manage the complex challenges of scale which are unique to Google, while using your expertise in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis and large-scale system design. SRE's culture of intellectual curiosity, problem solving and openness is key to its success. Our organization brings together people with a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We encourage them to collaborate, think big and take risks in a blame-free environment. We promote self-direction to work on meaningful projects, while we also strive to create an environment that provides the support and mentorship needed to learn and grow. To learn more: check out our books on Site Reliability Engineering or read a career profile about why a Software Engineer chose to join SRE. In this role, you will lead the team powering the critical message bus infrastructure for Google’s flagship products, including Ads, Search, Photos, and major Google Cloud Platform (GCP) clients. You will provide reliability engineering and operational excellence for PubSub2 and Cloud Pub/Sub, delivering a global service defined by high throughput, low latency, and cost-efficiency. Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $207,000-$300,000 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 Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams. Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role, aligned to the broader organization's goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development, and provide feedback and coaching. Develop the mid-term technical goal and roadmap within the scope of your (often multiple) team(s). Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs. Establish technical credibility and influence technical direction and high-quality delivery from the team. Participate in the primary on-call rotation; cultivate technical curiosity, a growth mindset, and a blameless postmortem culture within the team.

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