Staff Observability Engineer

FanDuel

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Base: $170,000 - $213,000 usd; bonus/equity: annua...
On-site
Significant hands-on experience in observability engineering
Strong expertise in datadog monitoring platform
Proficiency with kubernetes and aws infrastructure
This role involves designing and maturing the observability ecosystem to provide deep visibility into system behavior and user experience

Job Summary

  • This role involves designing and maturing the observability ecosystem to provide deep visibility into system behavior and user experience.
  • The successful candidate will leverage AI and machine learning to enhance intelligent alerting and accelerate root cause analysis.
  • FanDuel offers a competitive salary range of $170,000 - $213,000 USD along with comprehensive benefits including health plans and 401k matching.

Matching Summary

This role involves designing and maturing the observability ecosystem to provide deep visibility into system behavior and user experience.

Salary

Base: $170,000 - $213,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities available; Benefits: Medical, vision, dental, life insurance, 401k match up to 5%, PTO, sick leave

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Significant hands-on experience in observability engineering
  • Strong expertise in Datadog monitoring platform
  • Proficiency with Kubernetes and AWS infrastructure
  • Experience defining observability strategy across teams
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems principles

Nice-to-have

  • Experience leveraging AI and machine learning for alerts
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals in Go or Python
  • Ability to influence technical direction across stakeholders
  • Proven track record of reducing organizational toil
  • Excellent communication skills for non-technical audiences

Key Requirements

  • Significant hands-on experience in SRE or platform engineering
  • Proficiency in at least one modern programming language
  • Experience defining and implementing SLOs and SLIs

Work Rights

Not specified

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