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Senior Software Engineer II, Observability
Location
Canada
Posted
87 days ago
Salary
$160K - $179K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer II, Observability
Wave HQ
• Build and Scale Observability-as-Code • Design and maintain Python tooling and Terraform modules that standardize Datadog configuration across services. • Eliminate manual setup by codifying monitors, dashboards, SLOs, and alerting patterns. • Improve consistency, repeatability, and reliability of observability across the organization. • Establish Reliable & Standardised Instrumentation • Define and implement observability blueprints that integrate high‑fidelity metrics, logs, and traces into the development lifecycle. • Codify best practices so teams get out-of-the-box visibility without needing deep observability expertise. • Raise the baseline for service health, debuggability, and operational readiness • Optimize Datadog Usage and Cost • Own critical parts of the Datadog platform configuration. • Improve data quality, signal-to-noise ratio, and alert reliability. • Partner with teams to adopt telemetry effectively while managing ingestion and alerting costs. • Maintain and Evolve Platform Components • Upgrade and maintain tracers, agents, and shared observability libraries. • Ensure upgrades are automated, backwards-compatible, and minimally disruptive to product teams. • Reduce operational risk by improving rollout and validation processes. • Integrate Observability Across Infrastructure • Collaborate with Platform and Infrastructure teams to embed monitoring into systems such as Kafka, gRPC services, Kubernetes, and AWS-managed services. • Improve production visibility and reduce mean time to detect (MTTD) and resolve (MTTR) incidents • Deliver High-Quality, Production-Ready Code • Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable Python code and Terraform modules. • Participate in architecture and design reviews; provide thoughtful feedback in code reviews. • Take ownership of projects end-to-end, from design and implementation through production rollout and support. • Mentorship & Collaboration • Assist team members to solve problems and develop their own skills. • Foster a collaborative mindset within the team.
Job Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, or related.
- 7+ years of experience in application development, platform engineering, or developer tooling.
- High proficiency in Python; solid experience with Terraform.
- Hands-on experience using Datadog for metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, monitors, and alerts.
- Experience with containerized and cloud-native environments (e.g., Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS, gRPC, Lambda).
- Proven ability to independently drive medium-to-large initiatives from design to delivery.
- Comfortable making pragmatic tradeoffs to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.
- A strong product mindset for internal tools.
- Passion for reducing cognitive load, eliminating toil, and making observability easy to adopt by default.
- Solid understanding of modern web applications and distributed systems.
- Knowledge of how observability applies to high-throughput, highly available systems
- Clear written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to influence technical direction through design discussions, documentation, and hands-on implementation.
- Comfortable partnering with product, platform, and infrastructure teams.
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