Observability Engineering Manager — Remote US

Figma; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental & vision benefits

Retirement with company contribution

Generous PTO

Learning & development stipend

Remote work stipends

Job summary

A leading design platform company is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering for their Observability team in San Francisco or remotely. This role involves leading engineers to shape the future of observability and drive initiatives to optimize the platform. Candidates should have over 4 years of experience in leading engineering teams, with a strong background in distributed systems and observability tools such as Datadog. A collaborative mindset and focus on cost transparency are essential. Join us to contribute to making design accessible for all.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience leading engineering teams delivering reliable production systems.
• Hands-on experience with modern observability platforms across metrics, logs, and distributed tracing.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and incident response workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of engineers responsible for observability platforms.
• Define and drive the technical strategy for instrumentation standards and observability libraries.
• Explore innovative AI-driven approaches to anomaly detection and operational automation.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed systems

Cost transparency

Anomaly detection

Collaboration

Tools

Datadog

OpenTelemetry

Job description

A leading design platform company is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering for their Observability team in San Francisco or remotely. This role involves leading engineers to shape the future of observability and drive initiatives to optimize the platform. Candidates should have over 4 years of experience in leading engineering teams, with a strong background in distributed systems and observability tools such as Datadog. A collaborative mindset and focus on cost transparency are essential. Join us to contribute to making design accessible for all.