Systems Development Engineer

Google LLC
Sunnyvale, CA, United States
13 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience required
1 year minimum
Compensation
$193,200.0 - $198,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Tech stack

Bioinformatics Computer Engineering Distributed Systems Systems Development Life Cycle Technical Data Management Systems Scripting Information Technology

Job description

  • Participate in on-call activities and work with primary responders to fix system issues.
  • Manage the systems operating within the assigned domain.
  • Troubleshoot technical issues and evaluate technical data. Develop recommendations for systems and services within the domain.
  • Respond to tickets and bugs within team-defined service-level objectives (SLOs). Work with customers to define distributed systems requirements, testing procedures, and solutions.
  • Regional and international travel more than 10% of the time required.

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Requirements

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area., * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or in a Systems Development Engineer-related occupation.

  • Alternatively, will accept a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field, and 1 year of experience in the job offered or in a Systems Development Engineer-related occupation.
  • Position requires 1 year of experience in the following: Systems design; Systems implementation; Technical infrastructure deployment; Technical infrastructure maintenance; and Systems automation using coding or scripting.

Benefits & conditions

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $193,200 to $198,000 + 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 (Sunnyvale, CA) office & may allow for a hybrid schedule per Google policy.

About the company

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.

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