Software Engineer (Observability)

Location: Palo Alto, California, United States

Salary: $180,000–$440,000 USD per year

Company

Build AI systems that understand the universe and support humanity’s pursuit of knowledge.

What you will do

• Design and implement scalable observability infrastructure for metrics, logging, and tracing.
• Build high-performance telemetry pipelines handling massive ingestion volumes.
• Develop APIs, query engines, and user interfaces for real-time service insights.
• Define and enforce instrumentation, alerting, and reliability best practices.
• Integrate observability into internal infrastructure and product platforms.
• Own the reliability, scalability, and performance of the observability stack end to end.

Requirements

• Production-level proficiency in Go, Rust, Scala, or a similar language.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and telemetry architecture.
• Experience building and operating infrastructure at scale.
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, VictoriaMetrics, or ClickHouse.
• Experience with Kafka, Redis, or large-scale time-series databases.
• Experience operating observability pipelines in Kubernetes or a similar orchestration environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Small, highly motivated team with a focus on engineering excellence.
• Flat organizational structure with hands-on contribution expected from all employees.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, and life insurance.
• Equity and additional discounts and perks.