Significant hands-on experience in observability engineering
Strong expertise in datadog monitoring platform
Proficiency with kubernetes and aws infrastructure
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FanDuel is seeking a Staff Observability Engineer to enhance their observability ecosystem, focusing on system performance, reliability, and user experience. The ideal candidate should have significant experience in observability engineering and be skilled in tools like Datadog, AWS, and Kubernetes.
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Job Summary
The role involves designing and building a scalable observability ecosystem that combines system telemetry with user signals to ensure holistic performance visibility.
Candidates will drive operational excellence by evolving incident management practices and leveraging automation to reduce organizational toil at scale.
The position offers competitive compensation ranging from $170,000 to $213,000 along with comprehensive benefits including health plans, 401k matching, and generous PTO.
Matching Summary
Match Score: 75
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FanDuel is seeking a Staff Observability Engineer to enhance their observability ecosystem, focusing on system performance, reliability, and user experience. The ideal candidate should have significant experience in observability engineering and be skilled in tools like Datadog, AWS, and Kubernetes.
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Salary
Base: $170,000 - $213,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities available; Benefits: Medical, vision, dental, 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 and roadmaps
Deep understanding of distributed systems principles
Nice-to-have
Leveraging AI and machine learning for root cause analysis
Mentoring engineers to raise organizational maturity
Influencing technical direction across multiple teams
Optimizing platforms for cost and scalability
Key Requirements
Significant hands-on experience in observability or SRE roles
Proficiency in modern programming languages like Go, Java, Python, or TypeScript
Proven ability to define and implement SLOs and SLIs
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform