Staff Software Engineer, Observability/Site Reliability
Core
Build and operate the telemetry platform for quantum computing systems, collecting metrics, logs, and traces from on-premises Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and custom hardware (cryostats, control electronics) to enable system monitoring and incident response.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Observability/Site Reliability)
Builds
Production observability stack (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana) for quantum hardware and software systems
Domain
Quantum Computing / Silicon Photonics / Infrastructure
Required skills
OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Kubernetes, Python, Go or Rust, Linux, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), GitLab CI/CD
Preferred skills
AI/LLM tooling for engineering, hardware instrumentation, SLO definition
Technologies
OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, Python, Go, Rust
Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and operate the observability platform across on-premises Kubernetes and cloud; Roll out OpenTelemetry across the fleet and help teams adopt SDKs; Run Prometheus in production with high availability; Manage Grafana dashboards and alerts as code; Work with hardware teams to instrument custom devices and cryostats; Define telemetry standards and SLOs; Participate in on-call rotation and incident response; Mentor engineers and lead design reviews.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership
