Observability Tech Lead
Core
Design and operate large-scale self-hosted observability stacks to stabilize telemetry pipelines, reduce costs, and enable production-grade visibility for a Europe-scale bank.
Role type
Senior/Staff Observability Tech Lead
Builds
Self-hosted observability stack (LGTM suite, VictoriaMetrics, Sentry, OpenTelemetry) and golden paths for 400+ engineers
Domain
Fintech / Cloud-native Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Observability stack expertise (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo), high-throughput telemetry pipeline design, SLO-based reliability practices, Kubernetes, Terraform, multi-cloud architecture
Preferred skills
Pyrra, Grafana Alloy, error budget management, cross-team technical initiative leadership
Technologies
Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, VictoriaMetrics, Sentry, Grafana Alloy, OpenTelemetry, Pyrra, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Azure
Responsibilities
Design and operate large-scale telemetry pipelines; Architect high-throughput systems with sampling and data tiering; Define and implement observability standards (SLOs, error budgets); Own end-to-end platform operations and on-call rotation; Drive long-term observability strategy and cross-team initiatives
Seniority
Senior to Staff, hands-on IC with strategic ownership