Staff Observability Engineer

Alteryx

Remote, United States
Base: $166,375 - $212,000; bonus/equity: eligible ...
Fully remote
5+ years experience with metrics logging tracing
3+ years building observability systems
Experience defining and operating slos
Alteryx is seeking a fully remote Staff Observability Engineer to lead the development and management of their Observability platform, focusing on metrics, logs, and tracing. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled problem solver with extensive experience in designing and implementing observability systems and a passion for promoting best practices across engineering teams

Job Summary

  • This role involves driving the vision and roadmap for Observability in Alteryx One by designing and managing metrics, logs, and tracing systems.
  • The successful candidate will act as a chief evangelist for Observability and SRE concepts, defining Service Level Objectives across critical services.
  • Alteryx offers a competitive salary range of $166,375 - $212,000 along with comprehensive benefits including medical, retirement, and wellness programs.

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Alteryx is seeking a fully remote Staff Observability Engineer to lead the development and management of their Observability platform, focusing on metrics, logs, and tracing. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled problem solver with extensive experience in designing and implementing observability systems and a passion for promoting best practices across engineering teams.

Salary

Base: $166,375 - $212,000; Bonus/Equity: Eligible for additional bonus compensation; Benefits: Medical, retirement, financial, wellness, time off, employee discounts

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years experience with metrics logging tracing
  • 3+ years building observability systems
  • Experience defining and operating SLOs
  • 5+ years programming in Python Java Go .NET
  • Experience with Kubernetes and cloud platforms

Nice-to-have

  • Strong mentorship and training skills
  • Experience with Terraform or Ansible
  • Ability to drive culture of inclusivity
  • Subject matter expertise in SRE concepts

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years expertise in metrics time-series logging distributed tracing
  • 3+ years experience with Elastic Search Splunk Datadog Prometheus
  • 5+ years software development experience
  • 2+ years mentoring staff members
  • 1+ years experience with Kubernetes and cloud platforms

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