Systems Development Engineer

• Support Linux systems worldwide to ensure the consistent performance and reliability of Google’s content delivery network.
• Collaborate with partner Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to provide remote technical troubleshooting and expertise in Internet Protocol (IP) networking.
• Identify and lead initiatives to automate support workflows, optimize systems, and integrate new hardware or services.
• Work in partnership with engineering teams, product managers, and external stakeholders to achieve shared goals and technical alignment.
• Contribute to a global operational team by managing responsibilities during Sydney’s core business hours as part of a shared roster.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with Linux/Unix administration and internals.
• 2 years of experience with systems automation, and with systems design and implementation.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in automation and coding using languages such as Go, JavaScript, and Python.
• Understanding of Linux/Unix administration and system internals.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills within Linux and networking domains.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, both verbal and written.

Systems Development Engineering (SDE) at Google is a role where you manage services and systems at scale. SDEs creatively put their engineering discipline to use automating the mundane and reducing toil. We don’t just write code to fix bugs, but emphasize the development of tools and solutions that fix classes of problems. We know it’s hard to control what you can’t measure – so we focus on observability: instrumenting first, then turning data into knowledge, and finally knowledge into action. We know that the operational efficiency of Google systems, services, virtual compute environments and the operating systems that power them impact the environment, not just the bottom line. We know that working together we can do more, and that community matters.

Google 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.

Together we engineer and build the infrastructure, tools, access and telemetry for systems that enable orchestration of Google-scale services. Come build things that matter.

In this role, you will be maintaining operational health and optimizing capacity. You will be improving the experience for end-users, with the aims and business goals of our internal stakeholders.
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.This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship in Australia.

At Google, we have a vision of empowerment and equitable opportunity for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and commit to building reconciliation through Google’s technology, platforms and people and we welcome Indigenous applicants. Please see our Reconciliation Action Plan for more information.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with Linux/Unix administration and internals.
• 2 years of experience with systems automation, and with systems design and implementation.