Engineering Manager – Observability

Jobtailor; Aarhus; On-site; DKK 1,100,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking an engineering leader to guide a growing team building scalable observability and tracing platforms. You will architect and elevate distributed metrics systems, lead design proposals, and foster DevOps practices across global teams.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in SRE/DevOps, hands-on experience with Prometheus/Tempo/Sentry, Kubernetes operators in Python/Go/Bash, and a strong track record in open-source projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in Observability and Tracing, including Otel, Tempo, Sentry, or similar solutions.
• Experience in Observability and Metrics, including Prometheus, Thanos, or similar solutions.
• Experience in software development, preferably building Kubernetes operators using Python, Bash, or Go.
• Experience with large-scale, business-critical Linux environments.
• Experience operating within the cloud; AWS and GCP preferred.
• Experience with TDD, CI/CD, Chaos Engineering, or similar infrastructure resilience and reliability practices.
• 8+ years of industry experience.
• Proven ability to work effectively with local and remote teams.
• Rock-solid verbal and written communication skills.
• Contributions to and involvement in open-source software projects.
• Experience being on-call.
• Knowledge of SRE, DevOps, and GitOps practices.
• Highly technical engineering leadership experience.
• Experience building distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage a growing team of engineers focused on building quality platforms.
• Participate in architecting large scale distributed tracing and metrics platforms for CrowdStrike service teams.
• Participate in regular retrospectives, capacity and planning meetings with the team.
• Participate in "lunch and learn" demos, proof-of-concepts, and design sessions for new architectures.
• Review, provide feedback on, and approve new design proposals from the team.
• Help take CrowdStrike's metrics and tracing to the next level.
• Develop infrastructure services supporting CrowdStrike engineering teams' pursuit of a full DevOps model.

Skills

Observability & Tracing

Kubernetes Operators

Cloud: AWS & GCP

SRE & DevOps

Team Leadership

Open-Source Contributions

On-call Experience

Remote Team Management

GitOps

Tools

Python

Go

Bash

Prometheus

Thanos

Otel

Tempo

Sentry

Linux

Job description

• Manage a growing team of engineers focused on building quality platforms
• Participate in architecting large scale distributed tracing and metrics platforms for CrowdStrike service teams
• Participate in regular retrospectives, capacity and planning meetings with the team
• Participate in "lunch and learn" demos, proof-of-concepts, and design sessions for new architectures
• Review, provide feedback on, and approve new design proposals from the team
• Help take CrowdStrike's metrics and tracing to the next level
• Develop infrastructure services supporting CrowdStrike engineering teams' pursuit of a full DevOps model

Requirements

• Experience in Observability and Tracing, including Otel, Tempo, Sentry, or similar solutions
• Experience in Observability and Metrics, including Prometheus, Thanos, or similar solutions
• Experience in software development, preferably building Kubernetes operators using Python, Bash, or Go
• Experience with large-scale, business-critical Linux environments
• Experience operating within the cloud; AWS and GCP preferred
• Experience with TDD, CI/CD, Chaos Engineering, or similar infrastructure resilience and reliability practices
• 8+ years of industry experience
• Proven ability to work effectively with local and remote teams
• Rock-solid verbal and written communication skills
• Contributions to and involvement in open-source software projects
• Experience being on-call
• Knowledge of SRE, DevOps, and GitOps practices
• Highly technical engineering leadership experience
• Experience building distributed teams

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Observability and Tracing, with a strong focus on building and managing distributed systems. Proven leadership in engineering teams, fostering collaboration, and driving the adoption of DevOps practices.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Observability And Tracing
• Kubernetes Operators Development
• Cloud Experience (AWS, GCP)
• TDD, CI/CD, Chaos Engineering
• Engineering Leadership

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Python
• Bash
• Go
• Prometheus
• Thanos
• Otel
• Tempo
• Sentry
• Linux Environments
• Distributed Systems

Soft Skills

• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication
• Team Collaboration
• Remote Team Management

Industry Keywords

• SRE
• Open-Source Contributions
• On-Call Experience
• Capacity Planning
• Retrospectives

Tools & Technologies

• DevOps
• GitOps
• Infrastructure Services
• Metrics Platforms
• Tracing Platforms