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Software Engineer, Observability

Airtable, San Francisco, CA, United States


Employer Industry: Technology - Software Development

Why consider this job opportunity:

Salary range up to $270,000

Opportunity to lead the modernization of observability tools, impacting the entire engineering organization

Define and execute a multi-year roadmap for advanced logging, tracing, and metrics solutions

Collaborative culture with a focus on data-driven decisions and platform reliability

Chance for significant career growth by driving major projects across the engineering organization

What to Expect (Job Responsibilities):

Architect and scale core observability systems, including logging, metrics, and tracing pipelines

Evaluate and integrate new technologies to enhance the observability posture

Mentor a growing team of infrastructure engineers and share best practices

Optimize performance and costs of large-scale data pipelines and storage

Extend observability to AI features by instrumenting prompts and model calls

What is Required (Qualifications):

6+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years focused on observability or infrastructure at scale

Proven experience implementing and running production-grade logging, metrics, or tracing systems

Proficiency in distributed systems concepts, data streaming pipelines, and container orchestration (Kubernetes)

Strong knowledge of tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and OpenTelemetry

Ability to communicate technical trade-offs and architectural plans effectively

How to Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications):

Experience mentoring engineers and collaborating across multiple teams

Comfort with programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java for building observability tooling

Passion for enabling engineering organizations through reliable observability tools

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