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Modern Data Orchestration
Staff Software Engineer, Observability
Location
New York
Posted
127 days ago
Salary
$200K - $230K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Software Engineer, Observability
Astronomer
• Lead the end-to-end architecture and evolution of major platform components, making foundational design decisions that will shape the long-term direction of the observability platform. • Build scalable, reliable, and performant features that provide visibility into customer data pipelines. • Collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams to define and deliver high-impact initiatives. • Write high-quality, maintainable code while following best practices in testing, CI/CD, and operational excellence. • Set and champion engineering standards for code quality, testing, design, and operational excellence across the team. • Help improve and evolve the observability platform’s tooling, infrastructure, and processes. • Lead and coordinate responses to complex production incidents, guiding the team towards rapid resolution and long-term improvements. • Proactively identify technical opportunities, risks, and gaps - and drive initiatives to address them. • Mentor engineers of all levels through design reviews, pairing, and feedback, and contribute to the professional growth of the team.
Job Requirements
- Strong technical experience building complex distributed systems, preferably with Golang, Python, Kubernetes, SQL/OLAP databases, and stream processing.
- Hands-on experience designing, developing, and scaling production infrastructure.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively across teams.
- Focus on delivering customer value through thoughtful technical solutions.
- Enthusiasm for contributing to a healthy, inclusive engineering culture and supporting the growth of teammates.
- Comfort working in areas of high ambiguity, able to break down open-ended problems and drive them to completion with clarity and structure.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
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