Senior Software Engineer, DevTools & Observability

Shield; Melbourne (KY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Engineering Tooling & Observability to create tools that help engineers understand, diagnose, and improve complex software systems. You'll work with C++ and Python applications, develop developer-facing observability, and build React-based interfaces and workflows.

You will contribute to the integration and presentation of diagnostic information, with a focus on usability and reliability of internal tooling as a product.

Qualifications

• Experience building developer-facing tooling and observability solutions.
• Strong skills in diagnosing and debugging complex software systems.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams to deliver tooling products.

Responsibilities

• Build tools that help engineers develop, understand, and diagnose complex software systems.
• Work with C++/Python applications, observability, web services, and React-based UI tooling.
• Focus on developer-facing observability: integrating logs, telemetry, events, and system state.
• Treat internal tooling as a product, prioritizing usability, reliability, maintainability, and performance.

Skills

C++ development

Python development

Observability

Developer tooling

Tools

React

Web services

Job description

Shield AI seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Engineering Tooling & Observability to create tools that help engineers understand, diagnose, and improve complex software systems. You'll work with C++ and Python applications, develop developer-facing observability, and build React-based interfaces and workflows.

You will contribute to the integration and presentation of diagnostic information, with a focus on usability and reliability of internal tooling as a product.