Senior Software Engineer II, Observability

7+ years of experience in application development, platform engineering, or developer tooling.

High proficiency in Python; solid experience with Terraform.

Hands-on experience using Datadog for metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, monitors, and alerts.

Experience with containerized and cloud-native environments (e.g., Kubernetes, Kafka, AWS, gRPC, Lambda).

Proven ability to independently drive medium-to-large initiatives from design to delivery.

Comfortable making pragmatic tradeoffs to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

Build and Scale Observability-as-Code

Design and maintain Python tooling and Terraform modules that standardize Datadog configuration across services.

Eliminate manual setup by codifying monitors, dashboards, SLOs, and alerting patterns.

Improve consistency, repeatability, and reliability of observability across the organization.

Establish Reliable & Standardised Instrumentation

Define and implement observability blueprints that integrate high‑fidelity metrics, logs, and traces into the development lifecycle.

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