Senior Backend Engineer

Posted Oct 30

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership and develop backend services and infrastructure for the observability platform.

• Ensure the creation of reliable, high-throughput data pipelines and APIs.

• Collaborate with contributors from the open-source community as well as our customers.

• Address challenges faced by the community and customers, integrating their feedback into backend architecture and API design.

• Design and implement scalable backend systems to handle the ingestion, processing, and querying of petabytes of observability data.

• Develop essential services that assist engineers in diagnosing production issues.

• Play a vital role in shaping the company culture within a rapidly growing startup.


⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in software engineering with a strong emphasis on backend development.

• Proficient in TypeScript and Node.js.

• Experience with frameworks such as Express, Fastify, or similar.

• Strong grasp of API design, distributed systems, and data modeling.

• Familiar with Docker and Kubernetes.

• A passion for open source and the developer community.

• Experience in creating developer tooling.

• Experience with Go is advantageous.

• Familiarity with ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, or other analytical/OLTP databases is a plus.

• Knowledge of OpenTelemetry, logging pipelines, or metrics infrastructure is beneficial.

• Experience with SDKs or client library design is a bonus.

• Exposure to Kafka, NATS, message queues, streaming systems, or event-driven architectures is advantageous.

• Capability to work remotely within the United States.


🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment with remote-friendly arrangements.

• Employer contributions towards healthcare.

• Stock options/equity in the company.

• Flexible time off in the US.

• Generous time-off entitlement in other countries.

• USD $500 allowance for home office setup for remote employees.

• Opportunities to participate in company-wide global offsites and gatherings.

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