Senior Observability Engineer: AI-Driven Metrics at Scale

Roku

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Job summary

Roku is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Observability team within the Cloud Technology Infrastructure group in Chicago. You will design and evolve the metrics stack using Go and Rust on open-source foundations, targeting terabytes of data and hundreds of millions of series.

You will apply AI-driven development practices, automate deployments, and contribute improvements to CNCF projects. Collaboration with infra teams will be key to delivering a scalable, cloud-agnostic observability

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in Infrastructure Engineering or DevOps focused on observability.
  • Experience deploying and operating open-source observability tools at scale.
  • Strong knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana, and CNCF stack.
  • Experience with AI-driven engineering is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Design and scale high-performance components of the observability stack in Go and Rust.
  • Develop AI-assisted capabilities for engineering workflows and incident response.
  • Collaborate with Platform/Cloud teams to standardize observability tools across Roku.
  • Mentor engineers and influence the platform's technical direction.

Skills

Go
Rust
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Prometheus
Grafana
Thanos
Loki
Tempo
OpenTelemetry

Job description

Roku is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Observability team within the Cloud Technology Infrastructure group in Chicago. You will design and evolve the metrics stack using Go and Rust on open-source foundations, targeting terabytes of data and hundreds of millions of series.

You will apply AI-driven development practices, automate deployments, and contribute improvements to CNCF projects. Collaboration with infra teams will be key to delivering a scalable, cloud-agnostic observability

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