Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Observability)
Core
Technical lead for the Observability platform ingesting 200+ TB/day of metrics, logs, and traces to help engineers debug system failures and performance.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Backend/Infrastructure)
Builds
High-volume telemetry pipeline, log sampling strategies, and observability tooling for agentic development.
Domain
Fintech / Distributed Systems / Observability
Required skills
Backend system design at scale, distributed systems architecture, telemetry system design, log sampling strategies, technical strategy & roadmap definition, team leadership & mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, operational excellence (SLOs, alerting), code review standards.
Preferred skills
Experience with wide events, agentic development patterns, platform standard adoption.
Technologies
Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, Flink, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Kafka, Terraform
Responsibilities
Own architecture of the telemetry pipeline balancing reliability, performance, and cost; design log sampling strategies to reduce volume without losing signal; shape observability integration into agentic development and code review; set technical strategy for the team; collaborate with product and design teams; foster team culture of quality and ownership; develop team talent through feedback and guidance.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on technical lead with mentorship
