Staff Engineer, Observability Platform — Scale & Reliability

MongoDB; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous parental leave policy

Employee wellbeing support

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Job summary

A leading database technology company is seeking a Staff Engineer to design and operate their observability stack. This role involves enhancing observability systems, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across teams for high-quality software development. Candidates should have at least 10 years of experience in distributed systems and strong programming skills in C/C++/Java/Rust. The position promotes a hybrid working model in Dublin, offering a collaborative environment focused on diversity and technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in distributed software systems.
• Experience running high throughput systems is required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement observability improvements for diagnostics.
• Lead architecture for observability platform components.
• Coach teammates on handling production escalations.

Skills

High standards in engineering

Distributed systems expertise

C/C++/Java/Rust programming

Performance profiling

Mentoring engineers

Project management skills

Tools

VictoriaMetrics

Splunk

Flink

WarpStream/Kafka

Java

Golang

Fluentbit

Job description

A leading database technology company is seeking a Staff Engineer to design and operate their observability stack. This role involves enhancing observability systems, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across teams for high-quality software development. Candidates should have at least 10 years of experience in distributed systems and strong programming skills in C/C++/Java/Rust. The position promotes a hybrid working model in Dublin, offering a collaborative environment focused on diversity and technical excellence.