Senior Resilience Engineer: Scale & Observability

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San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 130,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits
Dental benefits
Vision benefits
401(k) contribution
Unlimited PTO
Quarterly mental health days
Family planning benefits
Professional development stipend
Wellness benefits

Job summary

A tech company in San Francisco seeks a Resilience Engineering professional to enhance performance and scalability. The ideal candidate has over a decade in software engineering, with skills in observability and performance optimization. This role involves partnering with product teams on critical projects, leading system improvements, and mentoring engineers to elevate technical standards. Enjoy competitive benefits, including unlimited PTO and professional development stipends. Join us to shape the future of engineering at our company.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience in production systems.
  • Familiarity with performance, scalability, or observability.
  • Ability to explain complex technical ideas clearly.
  • Expertise in observability practices.
  • Strong interpersonal skills for team collaboration.
  • Proficiency in building robust libraries and tools.
  • Initiative and adaptability in evolving environments.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with product teams on high-impact performance projects.
  • Analyze major incidents for systemic improvements.
  • Promote resilience patterns and tooling for developers.
  • Own observability strategy and tools for system health.
  • Mentor engineers to improve performance and reliability.
  • Drive accountability through Operational Excellence reviews.
  • Define SLOs to enhance user experience.

Skills

Software engineering
Performance optimization
Scalability
Observability
Mentoring

Tools

Metrics
Logs
Traces

Job description

A tech company in San Francisco seeks a Resilience Engineering professional to enhance performance and scalability. The ideal candidate has over a decade in software engineering, with skills in observability and performance optimization. This role involves partnering with product teams on critical projects, leading system improvements, and mentoring engineers to elevate technical standards. Enjoy competitive benefits, including unlimited PTO and professional development stipends. Join us to shape the future of engineering at our company.
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