Senior Datadog Data Observability Architect

Nexwave; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexwave is seeking a Senior Datadog/Data Reliability Consultant to architect and implement a Datadog Data Observability platform from the ground up. The role demands hands-on delivery, deep experience with observability, data pipelines, and modern analytics tooling.

The ideal candidate can work independently, design robust monitoring frameworks, and ensure data freshness, quality, and performance across the stack using Datadog, dbt, and AWS services.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Data Engineering/Data Reliability/Observability experience.
• Strong hands-on Datadog Data Observability implementation.
• Experience building monitoring/observability frameworks from scratch.
• Strong experience with REST/GraphQL APIs.
• Hands-on dbt monitoring, modeling, and test-failure analysis.
• Data pipeline monitoring including drift, freshness, anomalies, and performance.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement a Datadog Data Observability platform from the ground up.
• Lead data reliability initiatives and establish scalable monitoring practices.
• Collaborate with data engineers to ensure data quality and performance across pipelines.

Skills

Datadog Data Observability

Observability framework design

REST/GraphQL APIs

dbt monitoring

Data pipeline monitoring

Data reliability engineering

Independent work

Tools

Datadog

dbt

AWS S3

REST APIs

GraphQL APIs

Job description

Nexwave is seeking a Senior Datadog/Data Reliability Consultant to architect and implement a Datadog Data Observability platform from the ground up. The role demands hands-on delivery, deep experience with observability, data pipelines, and modern analytics tooling.

The ideal candidate can work independently, design robust monitoring frameworks, and ensure data freshness, quality, and performance across the stack using Datadog, dbt, and AWS services.