Backend Engineer (EST timezone)
Core
Designing and building high-throughput, event-driven distributed systems to ingest, store, and retrieve petabytes of telemetry data for observability products.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (Observability Systems)
Builds
Logs, Traces, and Metrics products for self-driving, self-healing software infrastructure.
Domain
SaaS, Observability, High-throughput Data Processing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Distributed systems design, Event-driven architecture, Data lifecycle management (ingestion/storage/retrieval), Node.js, Go, Rust, Kafka, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, Redis, S3, Multi-tenant SaaS development, Greenfield system ownership, Rapid deployment without breaking production
Preferred skills
Observability practices (OpenTelemetry), Log aggregation, Metric collection, Tracing systems, Incident response, Cloud infrastructure provisioning, Benchmarking and profiling tools
Technologies
Node.js, Rust, Go, Kafka, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, Redis, S3, OpenTelemetry
Responsibilities
Architect and build scalable telemetry ingestion and retrieval systems, Own product areas end-to-end from alpha to GA, Make architecture decisions for distributed systems, Ship changes quickly in the hot path, Work across Logs, Traces, and Metrics products
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC