Vadim Borisov

Vadim Borisov

Staff Software Engineer · SRE Tech Lead at Google

Zurich, Switzerland

About

I'm a Staff Software Engineer and SRE Tech Lead at Google, where I lead the Site Reliability Engineering team for Google Chat. My current focus is on enabling reliable and scalable AI across Google Workspace — making next-generation agentic AI capabilities available to billions of users worldwide.

Over 14+ years at Google, I've worked across some of the company's most critical infrastructure. I helped Google Meet scale 100× during the pandemic and supported its launch for public use. Before that, I spent eight years as both a Software Engineer and SRE on Google Spanner — actively developing the system while also scaling it to billions of QPS and managing its global deployment.

Prior to Google, I worked on next-generation wireless technologies — LTE and WiMAX — at Motorola and Nokia Siemens Networks, and on SS7/SIGTRAN telecom protocols earlier in my career.

Expertise

Reliability at Scale

Designing and operating systems that serve billions of users with high availability and performance.

AI & ML Infrastructure

Enabling next-generation agentic AI in production — building the reliability layer that lets AI scale safely.

Distributed Systems

Deep experience with globally-distributed databases, real-time communication platforms, and large-scale infrastructure.

Technical Leadership

Leading SRE teams, driving cross-functional reliability programs, and mentoring engineers across organizations.

Career Highlights

2020 — Present

SRE Tech Lead — Google Chat

Leading reliability for Google Chat. Driving adoption of next-gen agentic AI capabilities in Google Workspace.

2020

Google Meet — Pandemic Scale-up

Helped Google Meet scale 100× and launched it for public use during the global shift to remote work.

2012 — 2020

SWE / SRE — Google Spanner

Eight years developing and operating Google's globally-distributed, strongly consistent database — scaling it to billions of QPS and managing its global deployment.

2007 — 2012

Wireless & Telecom

R&D on LTE, WiMAX, and SS7/SIGTRAN at Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Mera.

Get in Touch

Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn.