Senior Observability Engineer

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Observability Engineer in Germany.

As a Senior Observability Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and scaling observability systems that empower engineering teams to operate efficiently and confidently. You will be responsible for building platform-level features such as alerting, SLOs, reporting, and synthetic tests while managing observability agents across Kubernetes environments. The role combines hands-on engineering with strategic guidance, allowing you to influence observability best practices and standards across multiple teams. You will contribute to upstream projects, explore cutting-edge technologies, and help define a company-wide approach to telemetry and monitoring. This position offers a collaborative environment with opportunities for mentorship, community engagement, and direct impact on platform reliability and performance.

Accountabilities:

· Design, implement, and maintain observability features such as alerting, SLOs, reporting, and synthetic tests.

· Operate, manage, and scale observability agents and collectors across Kubernetes-based systems.

· Develop Kubernetes controllers and operators using frameworks like controller-runtime and KubeBuilder.

· Define and enforce observability standards and guidelines across engineering teams.

· Partner with developers to embed observability by default into products and services.

· Optimize performance, cost-efficiency, and value of observability systems.

· Contribute to upstream open-source projects and evaluate emerging observability technologies.

· years of experience in Site Reliability, DevOps, or Platform Engineering with a focus on observability.

· Hands-on experience with at least one major observability platform (e.g., Prometheus, Victoria Metrics, OpenSearch).

· Strong experience with Kubernetes, including controllers, operators, and Helm.

· Proficiency in writing Kubernetes controllers (controller-runtime, KubeBuilder).

· Strong programming skills in Go or Python (Rust is a plus).

· Experience designing, scaling, and operating observability systems at enterprise scale.

· Familiarity with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

· Solid understanding of distributed systems, telemetry pipelines, and instrumentation standards such as OpenTelemetry.

· Excellent communication skills to convey complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.

· Contributions to open-source observability projects, eBPF knowledge, or experience with technical speaking/publications are a plus.

· Competitive salary with performance-based incentives.

· Flexible remote work policy with options for hybrid or fully remote arrangements.

· Opportunities for professional growth, mentorship, and impact across multiple teams.

· Exposure to cutting-edge observability technologies and industry standards.

· Inclusive, collaborative, and innovation-driven team culture.

· Health coverage and additional perks.

Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.

When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.
Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements.
It compares your profile to the job's core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.
Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.
When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.

The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role. Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team.

Thank you for your interest

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