Engineering Manager (Observability)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (Observability): Managing and developing a team of Alloy engineers to build a composable observability platform with an accent on OpenTelemetry integration and distributed systems. Focus on aligning technical roadmaps with product goals and fostering a high-performance, autonomous engineering culture.

Location: Remote (Germany); candidates must be based in NASA (EST-only) or EMEA time zones

Salary: EUR 109,709 - EUR 131,651

Company

hirify.global is a remote-first, open-source company providing a composable observability platform for monitoring and visualizing metrics, logs, and traces.

What you will do

• Manage and develop the Alloy engineering team, providing regular feedback and supporting career growth.
• Drive closer collaboration between the Alloy team and the OpenTelemetry collector community.
• Partner with go-to-market and product leadership to ensure a seamless end-to-end user experience for Grafana Cloud.
• Guide projects from ideation through planning, execution, and post-launch to deliver high-quality results.
• Foster a psychologically safe environment encouraging innovation and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Collaborate across team boundaries to solve complex customer problems.

Requirements

• Domain knowledge in observability and OpenTelemetry.
• Experience managing autonomous engineering teams in a fully remote environment.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems principles, including scalability, fault tolerance, and consistency.
• Ability to manage complexity and align stakeholders to elevate team performance.
• Deeply customer-focused approach to technical decision-making.
• Must be based in the NASA (EST-only) or EMEA time zones.

Nice to have

• Practical experience integrating AI-powered tools into a team's workflow.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% remote, global culture with a focus on transparency, autonomy, and trust.
• Company-funded budget for modern AI coding assistants and access to frontier models.
• Global annual leave policy of 30 days per year, including 3 shutdown days.
• Competitive compensation including equity and bonuses.
• In-person onboarding experience with new hires.
• High-trust, low-ego environment valuing outcomes over optics.