Senior Software Engineer - Observability & Irm

The Trade Desk

Bellevue, US
Base: $124,900 - $228,900 usd; bonus/equity: eligi...
On-site
Production infrastructure or internal developer tooling
Distributed systems, kubernetes, observability
Logging, alerting, on-call workflows
The Service Excellence team owns the tools and infrastructure that help engineers at The Trade Desk understand and operate production systems

Job Summary

  • The Service Excellence team owns the tools and infrastructure that help engineers at The Trade Desk understand and operate production systems.
  • You will build and maintain automation around the incident lifecycle, including alerting, escalation, incident channels, retros, and SLA tracking.
  • The company values learning and innovation, seeking engineers who can invent answers to complex problems using optimal tools.

Matching Summary

The Service Excellence team owns the tools and infrastructure that help engineers at The Trade Desk understand and operate production systems.

Salary

Base: $124,900 - $228,900 USD; Bonus/Equity: Eligible for stock-based compensation; Benefits: Comprehensive healthcare, 401k, disability, life insurance, well-being benefits, tuition reimbursement, parental leave, sick time, vacation time, paid holidays

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • production infrastructure or internal developer tooling
  • distributed systems, Kubernetes, observability
  • logging, alerting, on-call workflows
  • strong debugging instincts
  • clear communication skills

Nice-to-have

  • Grafana, Prometheus, or similar tools
  • Sumo Logic or other log management
  • developer portals or service catalog tooling
  • Kubernetes at scale experience

Key Requirements

  • Experience building and operating production infrastructure
  • Comfort working across the stack
  • Familiarity with observability concepts
  • Strong debugging instincts
  • Clear communication

Work Rights

Not specified

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