OpenTelemetry Engineer (Go)

TL;DR

OpenTelemetry Engineer (Go): Support and lead the technical direction for using OpenTelemetry in customer environments and contribute to the OpenTelemetry community, such as attending SIGs and maintaining components, tools, and specifications with an accent on robust and scalable observability solutions. Focus on developing modern observability features, leveraging AI/ML frameworks for AIOps, integrating with Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and infrastructure automation.

Location: This role requires the candidate to be located in Europe due to time zone alignment and regional market focus.

Company

hirify.global is a modern, full-stack observability platform transforming how businesses process logs, metrics, traces, and security events with in-stream analytics, APM, RUM, SIEM, and Kubernetes monitoring, reducing costs by up to 70%.

What you will do

• Support and lead technical direction for OpenTelemetry adoption in customer environments
• Actively participate in the OpenTelemetry community, including SIGs, contributing to and maintaining components, tools, and specifications
• Develop modern observability solutions using Go
• Own critical systems, influence product direction, and prioritize long-term quality
• Ensure scalable solutions integrating AI/ML for AIOps

Requirements

• Must be located in Europe for time zone alignment and regional market focus
• 5+ years of software development experience with Go
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience
• Relevant open source experience, ideally in OpenTelemetry or Prometheus
• Proven expertise in leveraging AI/ML frameworks to build AIOps solutions
• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), Kubernetes, Docker containers, and infrastructure automation tools
• Written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to multitask, organize, and prioritize work

Nice to have

• Programming skills in multiple languages (Rust, C#, Java, Python, NodeJS, Typescript)
• Production experience in a SaaS environment
• Experience with metrics, logging, tracing
• Troubleshooting production systems
• DevOps experience

Culture & Benefits

• Foster innovation and continuous learning
• Encouraged to challenge the status quo and contribute to shared mission
• Thrive in dynamic environments as hungry, humble, and smart team members
• Equal opportunity employer encouraging applicants from all backgrounds