Principal Observability Platform Engineer — GPU AI Scale

Nscale; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Flexible paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Nscale is looking for a Principal Observability Platform Engineer in San Francisco, California. You will own the technical strategy for Nscale's observability platform, driving decisions that impact infrastructure and operations at scale.

The ideal candidate will have over 8 years in SRE or platform engineering with hands-on experience in tools like Prometheus and Grafana. This position offers a salary range of $150,000 to $215,000 along with a competitive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in SRE, infrastructure engineering, or observability-related roles.
• Experience with Kubernetes at scale; familiarity with GPU infrastructure is a strong plus.
• Proficient in Python, Go, or similar languages.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy and architecture for observability at scale.
• Drive platform decisions impacting multi-year outcomes.
• Mentor and grow the observability team.

Skills

Operating observability infrastructure at scale

Strong bias toward simplicity

Deep hands-on experience with Prometheus and Grafana

Strong engineering fundamentals

Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible)

Ability to influence without authority

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Nscale is looking for a Principal Observability Platform Engineer in San Francisco, California. You will own the technical strategy for Nscale's observability platform, driving decisions that impact infrastructure and operations at scale.

The ideal candidate will have over 8 years in SRE or platform engineering with hands-on experience in tools like Prometheus and Grafana. This position offers a salary range of $150,000 to $215,000 along with a competitive benefits package.