Senior Backend Engineer

Job Summary

To support the development of a high-performance observability platform, the full-time Senior Backend Engineer will own and build key backend services and infrastructure, engage with the community to incorporate feedback, and tackle technical challenges related to scalable backend systems, all while working remotely.

Key responsibilities

• Own and build reliable, high-throughput data pipelines and APIs for the observability platform
• Collaborate with open-source contributors and customers to solve challenges and enhance backend architecture
• Design and implement scalable systems for ingesting, processing, and querying large volumes of observability data

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience focused on backend development, preferably in developer tools or infrastructure
• Strong skills in TypeScript and Node.js, with experience in frameworks like Express or Fastify
• Solid understanding of API design, distributed systems, and data modeling
• Familiarity with containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes
• A passion for open source and experience in creating developer tooling