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Observability Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Tue, Aug 11, 2026
This job expires in: 26 days

Job Summary

Leading the architecture and evolution of a large-scale telemetry and observability platform, the full-time Observability Engineer will manage real-time data ingestion, streaming, and visualization, working in a hybrid environment with occasional travel.

Key responsibilities
  • Architect and optimize scalable telemetry ingestion and storage platforms using Java and PostgreSQL
  • Design and enhance high-throughput Apache Kafka streaming pipelines for real-time telemetry processing
  • Define enterprise observability standards and build advanced Grafana dashboards for monitoring global infrastructure
Required qualifications
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with expertise in distributed systems
  • 5+ years of experience building large-scale network engineering, telemetry, or observability platforms
  • Expert-level proficiency in Java backend development
  • Strong expertise with Apache Kafka, including cluster architecture and stream processing
  • Advanced experience with PostgreSQL schema design, optimization, and performance tuning

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