Software Engineer 5 - Observability

Netflix

Warsaw, Poland
Telemetry collection engineering
Proficiency in go and c++
Building client libraries and agents
Netflix's Observability Engineering team builds infrastructure and tools to provide visibility into the health of thousands of applications powering the service

Job Summary

  • Netflix's Observability Engineering team builds infrastructure and tools to provide visibility into the health of thousands of applications powering the service.
  • This role involves partnering with engineering teams to create consistent and dependable telemetry collection experiences using Go and C++.
  • The position offers a unique opportunity to work on foundational software at scale and share technology knowledge both inside and outside Netflix.

Matching Summary

Netflix's Observability Engineering team builds infrastructure and tools to provide visibility into the health of thousands of applications powering the service.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Telemetry collection engineering
  • Proficiency in Go and C++
  • Building client libraries and agents
  • Cloud and DevOps skills
  • Metrics, tracing and logs instrumentation
  • Performance testing of telemetry libraries

Nice-to-have

  • eBPF program development experience
  • Empathy with customer development experience
  • Open-source telemetry prototyping
  • Consulting and support for telemetry users
  • Documentation and training creation
  • Collaboration across engineering teams

Key Requirements

  • Expertise with Go and C++ programming
  • Experience instrumenting metrics, tracing, and logs
  • Strong Cloud/DevOps skills
  • Ability to manage version releases responsibly
  • Knowledge of Java and optionally Node.js or Python
  • Experience building eBPF programs is a strong plus

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