TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (OpenTelemetry): Design and implement features for a robust OpenTelemetry collection engine and improve backend system scalability and reliability with an accent on Kubernetes and production issue diagnosis. Focus on building efficient, scalable backend systems, contributing to open source, and supporting CI and on-call production environments.

Location: Bengaluru or Noida, India

Company

%hirify_global% provides a SaaS analytics log platform enabling reliable and secure cloud-native applications with real-time observability and security insights.

What you will do

Design and implement features for a lean OpenTelemetry collection engine.
Diagnose and resolve complex production issues, especially in Kubernetes environments.
Write robust code with unit and integration tests.
Contribute to the upstream OpenTelemetry open source project.
Analyze and improve backend system efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
Collaborate with the team to respond quickly to business needs and support CI and on-call production.

Requirements

Location: Must be based in Bengaluru or Noida, India
B.Tech, M.Tech, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related discipline.
5-8 years of industry experience with proven ownership.
Experience with GoLang or other statically typed languages; willingness to learn GoLang.
Strong communication and teamwork skills.
Understanding of data structures and ability to learn and adapt quickly.

Nice to have

Contributions to open source projects, especially OpenTelemetry.
Experience with monitoring/observability tools.
Familiarity with GitHub Actions or other CI pipelines.
Experience with multi-threaded programming and distributed systems.
Comfortable with Unix-type operating systems and container/orchestration tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform.
Agile software development experience.