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SigmaSigmaSan Francisco, CA

Senior Software Engineer - Observability and Reliability

Build observability tools and platforms (metrics, logging, tracing, alerting) using Go, OpenTelemetry, and Kubernetes. Requires 5+ years experience building high-quality software that other engineers use.

170k – 240k
On-site5+ YOEDevOps / SRE

About the role

What You Will Be Doing

  • Build observability tools and platforms, including: metrics, logging, distributed tracing, dashboarding, alerting, application performance management
  • Build with modern tools and languages like Go, Open Telemetry and Kubernetes
  • Participate in on-call rotation and ensure uptime of services
  • Create runtime tools/processes that optimize cloud triaging and limit downtime
  • Define best practices around making our systems and services measurable
  • Collaborate with peers and stakeholders through design and code reviews to ensure best practices amongst available technologies. We expect successful candidates to be coding a majority of their time

Qualifications We Need

  • Strong Computer Science fundamentals
  • 5+ years industry experience building and maintaining high-quality software, especially software other engineers use
  • You apply a product mindset to infrastructure systems and feel accomplished enabling others
  • Desire to be a great teammate and have fun at work
  • Strong sense of craftsmanship, and a healthy academic curiosity

Qualifications We Want (also, skills you’ll learn!)

  • Experience building systems for data analytics
  • Distributed systems monitoring and profiling skills
  • Knowledge of cloud application security models
  • Administered cloud service infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure)
  • Startup experience

Compensation & Benefits

  • The base salary range for this position is $170k - $240k annually
  • Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience
  • Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work
  • This role is eligible for stock options, as well as a comprehensive benefits package
  • Equity
  • Generous health benefits
  • Flexible time off policy
  • Paid bonding time for all new parents
  • Traditional and Roth 401k
  • Commuter and FSA benefits
  • Lunch Program
  • Dog friendly office

Skills

GoOpenTelemetryKubernetesGCPAWSAzureDistributed SystemsObservabilityMetricsLoggingDistributed TracingAlertingApplication Performance Management

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