Senior Platform Observability Lead

Neon; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking an experienced Tech Lead to shape platform observability and proactive monitoring. You will lead complex investigations, design observability solutions, and drive systemic improvements that enhance customer experience and platform stability.

The role involves developing monitoring solutions, alerting pipelines, and customer-focused incident detection tools, collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve incidents and perform root cause analyses while supporting

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in SRE/DevOps or similar
• Production-level experience with at least one major cloud provider and container tech
• Hands-on with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools
• Proficient in Python for production automation

Responsibilities

• Lead platform incident investigations across cross-functional teams
• Design observability solutions and alerting pipelines
• Perform root cause analyses and post-mortems
• Mentor junior engineers on observability and service health metrics
• Participate in on-call rotation

Skills

SRE/DevOps

Cloud platforms

Docker & Kubernetes

Monitoring stack

Python automation

Incident lifecycle

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/CE or related Engineering field

Tools

ELK

Prometheus

Grafana

PagerDuty

Job description

Databricks is seeking an experienced Tech Lead to shape platform observability and proactive monitoring. You will lead complex investigations, design observability solutions, and drive systemic improvements that enhance customer experience and platform stability.

The role involves developing monitoring solutions, alerting pipelines, and customer-focused incident detection tools, collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve incidents and perform root cause analyses while supporting