Senior Software Engineer, Observability
Core
Build and own Robinhood's full-stack observability platform (metrics, logs, distributed tracing, alerting) to ensure 99.9% uptime and deep visibility into infrastructure behavior.
Role type
Senior Software Engineer, Technical Lead
Builds
Full-stack observability platform (control plane, telemetry ingestion pipelines, alerting systems)
Domain
Fintech / Cloud Infrastructure / Observability
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes, public cloud (AWS), Go/Python, observability control plane ownership, telemetry pipeline architecture, SLO management, distributed systems
Preferred skills
Vector data pipeline, Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb, Humio, Sentry, AI-driven observability approaches
Technologies
Kubernetes, AWS, Go, Python, Vector, Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb, Humio, Sentry
Responsibilities
Define and execute the full-stack observability roadmap; Own and evolve the observability control plane; Lead a team of six engineers; Establish and maintain SLOs for observability systems; Partner with Command Center and engineering teams on incident response and standards
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership