Senior Software Engineer - Observability & Irm

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

Job Summary

  • The Service Excellence team owns tools and infrastructure to help engineers understand and operate production systems, focusing on improving the on-call experience.
  • Responsibilities include building incident management tooling, automating the incident lifecycle, evaluating logging stacks, and extending the internal developer portal.
  • The company values learning and innovation, seeking engineers who can invent solutions to complex problems rather than just knowing all the answers.

Matching Summary

The Service Excellence team owns tools and infrastructure to help engineers understand and operate production systems, focusing on improving the on-call experience.

Salary

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

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

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

Nice-to-have

  • Grafana, Prometheus, or similar
  • Sumo Logic or other log management
  • developer portals or service catalog
  • 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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