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Google · 17 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer, Vertex AI Platform SRE

Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$166K/yr - $244K/yr

5+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Vertex AI Platform SRE team. The role involves managing and scaling Google Kubernetes Engine fleets, optimizing AI/ML model serving, and ensuring robust connectivity in a hybrid environment.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Manage and scale Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) fleets (approximately 60 thousand clusters and growing), including specialized mega-clusters designed for AI/ML models

Optimize low-latency and high-throughput model serving across all layers of the platform stack to maximize performance for AI/ML inferences

Architect and maintain robust connectivity and interactions between the internal control planes and the external GCP-based data planes in a complex hybrid environment

Implement and configure essential cloud technologies, including Istio for service mesh management, advanced load balancing, Google Compute Engine (GCE), and various GCP networking and security components

Qualification

Software developmentDistributed systemsSite reliability engineeringCloud compute platformsKubernetesGoogle Cloud PlatformTechnical leadershipProblem solvingCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience

5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages

3 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems

2 years of experience leading projects and providing technical leadership

Experience with cloud compute platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Google Cloud Functions)

Experience in site reliability engineering, system design, and distributed computing

Preferred

Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Experience with Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GKE Networking, and Istio

Passion for technology and technical depth to uncover root causes of complex technical problems and provide guidance on solving them

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

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Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.

Founded in 1998

Mountain View, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.google.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

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2020 (9785)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Andy Bechtolsheim

2004-08-19IPO

1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M

1998-11-01Angel· $1M

Leadership Team

Sundar Pichai

CEO

Thomas Kurian

CEO - Google Cloud

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