Site Reliability Engineer, Waze Cloud Platform
Company: Google
Location: Seattle
Posted on: April 1, 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
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a
related technical field or equivalent practical experience. 5 years
of experience with programming in one or more programming
languages. 2 years of experience leading projects and providing
technical leadership. Preferred qualifications: Master’s degree in
Engineering, Computer Science, or other technical related field.
Experience using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to manage cloud
resources, managing deployments, monitoring health, and managing
on-call responsibilities. 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. Waze is where people and technology meet to solve
transportation challenges. It's a platform that empowers users to
contribute road data and edit Waze maps to improve the way we move
about the world. As the social navigation pioneer, Waze leverages
mobile technology and a passionate global community to redefine
expectations of today’s maps. The US base salary range for this
full-time position is $174,000-$252,000 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 Develop the core infrastructure primitives that
power all Waze services. Establish comprehensive best practices for
reliability, scalability, and deployment safety on Google Cloud
Platform (GCP). Design tooling that bridges the gap between Waze’s
agility and Google’s infrastructure.
Keywords: Google, Shoreline , Site Reliability Engineer, Waze Cloud Platform, IT / Software / Systems , Seattle, Washington
