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Jordan Griffiths Site Reliability
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Bachelor of Science (Computing and Software Systems), University of Melbourne
STEP Intern, Google
Master of Computer Science, University of Melbourne SWE Intern, Google
Software Engineer, Google
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o, Mitch McDermott lice Johnson, Gabie Pa lad met as interns at Google and Jordan Griffiths all d now they all work Australia in Sydney, an the global tech giant. full-time in cool roles at d r the planets aligned an Then in February this yea red sha a o es moving int the four found themselv D-19 ut a month before COVI abo – er eth apartment tog led ub do ly den sud pad d their restrictions kicked in an as their new workplace! t r desks in our rooms, bu “We cou ld have set up ou ni mi r ou balance to set up we decided for work/ life a,” says Mitch. are ing office in the main liv ain has rea lly helped maint “Having the office vibe e tak y all usu We ing times. productivit y in these try y, con bal the on t ou er and sit our lunch breaks togeth n ilto Ch a mm Ge rn.” – sharing a meal and a ya
Jordan always loved maths but didn’t have a career in min d when he signed up for a Bachelor of Science majoring in maths and physics at the University of Canterbury . Then he took computer scie nce as a first-year elective and loved it, so he added the course as a major. Then Google visited his uni to advertise their Sof tware Engineering (SWE) internships during his second year he thought it sou nded cool – and he was right, he loved the experience. Google gig: Jordan now wor ks as a Site Reliability Engine er (SRE), responsible “for ensuring all of Google’s ser vices are sup er reliable and fast,” he explains. “We’re also on call to handle emerg ency outages, fixing things when they break”. SREs like Jordan have been described as “the world’s mo st intense pit crew. We change the tires of a race car as it’s going 100km/h”. But Jordan says he thrives under pressure. Obsessed with: Skydiving, skiing, climbing, canyoning , adventure racing. “Anything that gets the adrenaline pumping.”
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Alice studied a Bachelor of Science (Computing and Software Systems) at the University of Melbourne and early on in her degree found she particularly enjoyed programming. She completed a 12-week STEP (Student Training in Engineering Program) internship at Google at the end of her second year. After graduating, Alice did a Master’s degree focused on a cool application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – using eye-tracking technology to predict when a user is surprised. Google gig: Alice is a software engineer, developing an ecosystem for ‘AI-first computing’. While Alice says she can’t go into specifics about her project she says it’s super exciting. “It has the potential to make quite an impact in the tech field.” Obsessed with: Sewing and knitting. “My goal is to transform my closet into things I’ve made from scratch or upcycled.”
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Bachelor of Science (Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science), University of Canterbury SWE Intern, Optiver
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SWE Intern, Google
Site Reliability Engineer, Google
