Staff Software Engineer, Observability Platform

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

📋 Description

• Create and establish the events-first infrastructure

• Develop the SDKs and optimal pathways

• Set the technical benchmarks

• Enhance production visibility for AI agents

• Accelerate progress using AI tools

• Navigate confidently through uncertainty

• Demonstrate value via experimentation

• Elevate standards for peers

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive software engineering experience, generally 8+ years, with a focus on software development rather than primarily operations or systems administration

• A proactive, current coder proficient in multiple languages, including Kotlin and Ruby

• Prior direct experience in constructing an observability or telemetry platform and its SDKs

• Expertise in event-driven and high-cardinality systems

• Proficient understanding of open standards and instrumentation

• Ability to implement substantial changes in unclear codebases

• Skilled with AI coding tools and large language models (LLMs)

• Excellent communication and influencing skills

• Nice to have: Experience in a regulated or fintech setting, knowledge of Kubernetes and progressive delivery methods like Argo Rollouts, familiarity with columnar databases such as ClickHouse, and experience in building observability for LLM and agent-based workloads.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits and life insurance

• Long-term group savings plan with employer matching through Wealthsimple for Business

• 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days each year

• 90 days away: the opportunity to work outside Canada for up to 90 days annually

• Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS

• Hybrid work environment with over 1,500 employees across North America