Senior Observability Engineer: Build Scalable Telemetry

Evolutyz Corp; Brea (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Evolutyz Corp is seeking a Senior Observability Engineer to design, implement, and optimize modern observability across cloud-native environments. You will work on IaC with Terraform, backend APIs in Python/FastAPI, and observability via OpenTelemetry and Datadog.

The role requires deep experience in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and CI/CD, with a focus on reliability and proactive monitoring for critical applications and services.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, engineering, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, software engineering, or observability engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Proficiency in Python and backend API development using FastAPI.
• Experience implementing observability frameworks using OpenTelemetry.
• Strong experience with Datadog, including dashboards, monitors, alerting, and SLO management.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and microservices.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and deployment automation.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• IaC: design, build, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Develop reusable infrastructure modules and provisioning standards.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments.
• Improve deployment reliability through automation and best practices.
• Backend: design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs using Python and FastAPI.
• Build services that support observability workflows, telemetry processing, and integrations.
• Optimize services for performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Observability: design and implement solutions using OpenTelemetry for tracing, metrics, logging.
• Configure and maintain Datadog dashboards, monitors, alerts, and SLOs.
• Develop monitoring strategies to improve visibility and reduce incidents.
• Analyze telemetry to identify performance bottlenecks and reliability issues.
• Establish alerting thresholds and monitoring standards for production ops.

Skills

Terraform

Python

FastAPI

OpenTelemetry

Datadog

CI/CD

Distributed Systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Job description

Evolutyz Corp is seeking a Senior Observability Engineer to design, implement, and optimize modern observability across cloud-native environments. You will work on IaC with Terraform, backend APIs in Python/FastAPI, and observability via OpenTelemetry and Datadog.

The role requires deep experience in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and CI/CD, with a focus on reliability and proactive monitoring for critical applications and services.