Senior Software Developer, Observability

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

📋 Description

• Execute technical solutions during Agile iterations, covering design, development, testing, deployment, and release, while emphasizing scalability, reliability, and security.

• Create and implement observability solutions for cloud-based systems, which include metrics, logs, traces, and synthetic monitoring.

• Enhance and develop integrations with Dynatrace and Catchpoint, including the creation of dashboards, alerting mechanisms, and monitoring configurations.

• Maintain and develop OpenTelemetry instrumentation and telemetry pipelines to ensure uniform observability across services.

• Utilize infrastructure as code principles with Terraform or similar tools to provision and manage observability resources.

• Design, debug, and create automated tests for backend services and platform components.

• Oversee and support large-scale production systems, which involves debugging, performance analysis, and incident response through on-call rotations.

• Work in conjunction with software engineers, SREs, and platform teams to enhance system visibility, reliability, and performance.

• Engage in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices and team enhancements.

• Convey technical solutions and project progress to stakeholders.

• Effectively utilize AI-assisted development tools like Cursor and Claude to boost productivity and streamline workflows.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

• Over 5 years of experience in software engineering, specifically in developing cloud-native applications or platforms.

• Proficient programming skills in Java, Go, or Python.

• Experience in building and maintaining distributed systems and microservices.

• Practical experience with observability tools such as Dynatrace, Catchpoint, or comparable technologies.

• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry or concepts related to distributed tracing.

• Experience working in AWS and Kubernetes environments.

• Knowledge of infrastructure as code methodologies, including Terraform or CloudFormation.

• Strong understanding of system design principles, scalability, and reliability.

• Excellent problem-solving abilities with a knack for debugging complex production issues.

• Effective communication skills and the capacity to collaborate across teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual cash bonuses.

• Commissions for sales roles.

• Stock grants.

• Comprehensive benefits package.