Staff Software Engineer, Tech Foundations

This

position

is

listed

on

behalf

of

a

partner

company,

who

manages

all

applications

and

next

steps.

Our

partner

is

looking

for

a

Staff

Software

Engineer,

Tech

Foundations

based

in

the

United

States

.

As

a

Staff

Software

Engineer,

you

will

shape

the

technical

direction

of

a

large-scale

Observability

platform

supporting

critical

production

systems.

You

will

lead

the

design,

development,

and

operation

of

distributed

infrastructure

that

processes

millions

of

telemetry

events

every

second.

Working

across

metrics,

logs,

and

distributed

tracing,

you

will

help

engineering

teams

gain

deeper

insights

into

system

performance,

reliability,

and

operational

costs.

You

will

also

contribute

to

building

AI-ready

observability

capabilities,

enabling

autonomous

agents

to

access

operational

data

safely

and

efficiently.

In

this

highly

collaborative

environment,

you

will

influence

architectural

decisions,

mentor

engineers,

and

drive

innovation

across

infrastructure

teams.

This

is

an

opportunity

to

solve

complex

technical

challenges

while

improving

developer

productivity

and

system

resilience

at

global

scale.

Accountabilities

Technical

Leadership

&

Architecture:

Define

the

technical

vision

and

architecture

for

major

areas

of

the

Observability

platform,

leading

initiatives

from

initial

design

and

prototyping

through

production

deployment

and

ongoing

operations.

Distributed

Systems

Development

Design,

build,

and

maintain

highly

scalable

and

reliable

distributed

systems

capable

of

processing

tens

of

millions

of

events

per

second.

Metrics

Infrastructure:

Scale

and

optimize

the

metrics

pipeline

using

technologies

such

as

OpenTelemetry,

vmagent,

and

Grafana

Mimir,

while

managing

infrastructure

costs

through

aggregation,

sampling,

and

unused-metric

filtering.

Logging

&

Tracing

Modernization:

Lead

the

transition

from

legacy

log

aggregation

systems

to

OpenTelemetry-based

pipelines

and

improve

log

and

trace

storage

capabilities

using

technologies

such

as

OpenSearch.

Query

Infrastructure:

Develop

fast,

reliable,

and

secure

query

systems

for

engineers

and

AI

agents,

incorporating

rate

limiting,

access

controls,

isolation,

and

caching

to

protect

critical

incident-response

workflows.

Telemetry

Cost

Optimization:

Build

self-service

tools

that

provide

engineering

teams

with

visibility

into

telemetry

costs,

including

cost

attribution

by

team

and

service,

as

well

as

controls

for

data

granularity,

sampling,

and

retention.

Observability

&

Reliability:

Improve

incident

detection

through

anomaly

detection,

automated

signal

correlation,

and

enhanced

monitoring

capabilities.

Cross-functional

Collaboration:

Align

technical

roadmaps

with

infrastructure

and

product

teams,

influence

build-versus-buy

decisions,

and

communicate

architectural

tradeoffs

and

investment

priorities

to

engineering

leadership.

Engineering

Excellence:

Write

high-quality,

maintainable,

and

well-tested

code,

participate

in

design

reviews,

improve

operational

readiness,

and

contribute

to

relevant

open-source

projects.

Mentorship

&

Knowledge

Sharing:

Mentor

engineers,

strengthen

technical

practices

across

the

team,

and

help

developers

instrument

services

and

independently

investigate

production

issues.

Requirements

Professional

Experience:

At

least

9

years

of

software

engineering

experience,

with

a

proven

track

record

of

designing,

building,

and

operating

large-scale

distributed

systems

in

production

environments.

Technical

Leadership:

Demonstrated

experience

leading

the

technical

direction

of

complex

systems

or

multi-team

initiatives,

including

architecture

design,

stakeholder

alignment,

delivery,

and

production

operations.

Observability

Expertise:

Deep

experience

in

at

least

one

major

telemetry

domain

at

scale,

including

metrics

platforms

such

as

Prometheus,

Grafana

Mimir,

or

VictoriaMetrics;

logging

technologies

such

as

OpenSearch

or

Kafka;

or

distributed

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