Director Of Observability & Developer Excellence

The Comcast Nbcuniversal Foundation Inc

Reston, VA, United States
On-site
Observability fundamentals: metrics, logs, traces
Open-source observability platforms at scale
Opentelemetry production environments
The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation is seeking a Director of Observability & Developer Excellence to lead the observability strategy within their Developer Experience team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software engineering and observability, focusing on empowering developers through actionable feedback and intuitive platforms

Job Summary

  • Define the observability vision aligned with developer productivity and cognitive load reduction.
  • Build scalable cloud/hybrid observability platforms with vendor-neutral instrumentation.
  • Drive adoption through documentation, golden paths, training, and DevEx-focused success metrics.

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The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation is seeking a Director of Observability & Developer Excellence to lead the observability strategy within their Developer Experience team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software engineering and observability, focusing on empowering developers through actionable feedback and intuitive platforms.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Observability fundamentals: metrics, logs, traces
  • Open-source observability platforms at scale
  • OpenTelemetry production environments
  • VictoriaMetrics scaling
  • Cloud-native and distributed systems

Nice-to-have

  • Vendor-neutral, open standards
  • Complementary open-source tooling
  • Migrating proprietary observability tools
  • Product mindset for internal platforms
  • Balancing developer experience and reliability

Key Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, SRE
  • 5+ years leading technical teams or large cross-functional initiatives
  • Bachelor's Degree

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