Senior Software Engineer (Observability)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Observability): Designing, building, and scaling cloud observability product suites with an accent on infrastructure monitoring, Kubernetes integrations, and distributed systems. Focus on driving technical implementations from ideation to production, contributing to open-source projects, and ensuring system reliability through on-call rotations.

Location: Must be based in the UK, Spain, Germany, or Sweden

Salary: €82,988–€99,586 (Spain-based)

Company

hirify.global is a remote-first, open-source company providing a composable observability platform for metrics, logs, and traces used by millions of users worldwide.

What you will do

• Design and implement scalable integrations for infrastructure components, databases, and applications.
• Develop middleware components, SDKs, and libraries to simplify observability solutions.
• Drive technical projects from ideation to production within a microservices architecture.
• Represent the company in open-source forums and contribute to projects like Prometheus and OpenTelemetry.
• Participate in follow-the-sun on-call rotations and take ownership of service reliability.
• Collaborate with product, design, and support teams to deliver a holistic product experience.

Requirements

• Must be based in the UK, Spain, Germany, or Sweden.
• 5+ years of experience in a major programming language (Go, Python, Java, Rust, etc.).
• In-depth knowledge of at least one major cloud provider and its core services.
• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems in production.
• Strong background in observability tooling and incident management.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a fully remote, distributed environment.

Nice to have

• Experience building observability backends.
• Proven track record of contributing to or maintaining open-source projects.
• Deep understanding of metrics collection, visualization, and alerting concepts.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% remote-first global culture with a focus on transparency and autonomy.
• Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum.
• Defined career growth pathways with dedicated tracks for individual contributors.
• Support for open-source contributions and community engagement.
• High-trust environment with approachable leadership and collaborative teams.