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Senior Software Engineer (Observability, Auth0)

Okta

Skills

Required

  • Terraform
  • platform engineering / SRE / DevOps
  • containerization and orchestration tools
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • microservice architecture and best practices
  • Datadog
  • Metrics
  • Logs
  • Error Tracking
  • establishing alerting standards
  • implementing tagging taxonomies
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Node.js / Golang

Preferred

  • cloud infrastructure
  • AWS / Google Cloud / Azure
  • Site Reliability Engineering SRE
  • Development Operations DevOps
  • data-driven approach

Auth0, a leading identity platform, as a Senior Software Engineer on the Observability team. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining and automating observability tooling for the entire platform, ensuring that product and platform engineers can effectively monitor and observe our services. You will act as a core technical leader, working cross-functionally to integrate services with our instrumentation libraries, support product teams, and investigate incidents to identify observability gaps.

Responsibilities

  • This position offers the opportunity to further your learning and development in the fields of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Development Operations (DevOps).
  • Contribuer à la conception, à la construction et à la maintenance d'une infrastructure d'observabilité évolutive en utilisant des outils comme Terraform.
  • Agir en tant que leader technique, en dirigeant des initiatives inter-équipes pour améliorer les normes d'instrumentation et d'observabilité.
  • Participer activement à la réponse aux incidents majeurs pour diagnostiquer les causes profondes et identifier les lacunes critiques dans nos outils de télémétrie actuels.
  • A data-driven approach to debugging complex, cross-service performance bottlenecks

Requirements

  • Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

Deep understanding of microservice architecture and best practices

  • Expertise in the Datadog ecosystem (Metrics, Logs, Traces, and Error Tracking), including establishing alerting standards, implementing tagging taxonomies, and managing Datadog configurations via Terraform
  • 5+ years of platform engineering, SRE, or DevOps experience
  • Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry (OTel), Vector, or similar frameworks for instrumenting applications
  • Strong coding skills in Node.js or Golang
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives and collaborate seamlessly with multiple engineering teams

Preferred

  • Experience with cloud infrastructure like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
  • Experience in coaching and mentoring more junior engineers

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