Senior Software Engineer - Observability and Reliability

We Love AI Jobs; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Generous health benefits

Flexible time off

Paid bonding time for new parents

Job summary

Sigma Computing is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build observability and reliability tooling in a fast-paced environment. You will develop metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and alerts, using Go, OpenTelemetry, and Kubernetes, while helping teams monitor and operate services with high uptime.

You will contribute to runtime tooling, on-call processes, and best practices for measurable systems, collaborating through design reviews to elevate software quality across the platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years industry experience building and maintaining high-quality software.
• Product-minded approach to infrastructure systems.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration.
• Craftsmanship mindset and intellectual curiosity.

Responsibilities

• Build observability tools and platforms for metrics, logs, tracing, dashboards and alerts.
• Build runtime tools and processes to improve cloud triage and reduce downtime.
• Define best practices to make systems measurable and observable.
• Participate in design and code reviews to promote best practices across technologies.
• Contribute to on-call rotations to ensure uptime of services.

Skills

Go

OpenTelemetry

Kubernetes

Metrics

Logging

Distributed tracing

Dashboarding

Alerting

Tools

Go

OpenTelemetry

Kubernetes

Job description

# Senior Software Engineer - Observability and ReliabilitySigmaNew York City, NYFull-time$170,000 – $240,000 / yearUpload your resume once and Scout applies for youApply with ScoutShare this job:LinkedInXSave imageThis senior software engineering role builds observability and reliability tools that help Sigma’s engineering teams monitor and operate their services. You’ll spend most of your time coding, improving uptime, and defining practices for measurable systems.* Permanent* On-site* 5+ years### Skills and expertiseGoOpenTelemetryKubernetesMetricsLoggingDistributed tracingDashboardingAlerting### Key responsibilities* Build observability platforms for metrics, logs, tracing, dashboards, and alerts.* Create runtime tools and processes that improve cloud triage and reduce downtime.* Define system measurement practices, participate in code reviews, and support on-call service uptime.## How this job comparesCompared with 522 open senior infrastructure jobs on October 10, 2026.Pay: This job pays $170K to $240K a year. The 183 open senior infrastructure jobs that publish US pay start at $170K on average, so this job starts in line with them.Similar open jobs: We Love AI Jobs lists 522 open senior infrastructure jobs at 190 companies.Remote work: This job is on site. 111 of the 522 senior infrastructure jobs (21%) are remote.AI in this role: Low. The company works with AI, but AI is a small part of this role's daily work. The work centers on observability and service reliability, not AI systems. Sigma’s product includes native AI, but the posting does not connect this role’s responsibilities to AI work.## Full descriptionSenior Software Engineer - Observability and ReliabilityAbout the RoleWe are growing the engineering team and looking for engineers who have the chops to build and deliver world-class technology. You will be part of a talented team of engineers with a shared mission to make data easily accessible.What You Will Be Doing• Build observability tools and platforms, including: metrics, logging, distributed tracing, dashboarding, alerting, application performance management• Build with modern tools and languages like Go, Open Telemetry and Kubernetes• Participate in on-call rotation and ensure uptime of services• Create runtime tools/processes that optimize cloud triaging and limit downtime• Define best practices around making our systems and services measurable• Collaborate with peers and stakeholders through design and code reviews to ensure best practices amongst available technologies. We expect successful candidates to be coding a majority of their timeQualifications We Need• Strong Computer Science fundamentals• 5+ years industry experience building and maintaining high-quality software, especially software other engineers use• You apply a product mindset to infrastructure systems and feel accomplished enabling others• Desire to be a great teammate and have fun at work• Strong sense of craftsmanship, and a healthy academic curiosityQualifications We Want (also, skills you’ll learn!)• Experience building systems for data analytics• Distributed systems monitoring and profiling skills• Knowledge of cloud application security models• Administered cloud service infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure)• Startup experienceAdditional Job detailsThe base salary range for this position is $170k - $240k annually.Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work at Sigma Computing. This role is eligible for stock options, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.About us:Sigma is the AI Apps and agentic analytics platform built on the cloud data warehouse. Business and technical teams use Sigma to explore live data, build intelligent applications, and automate critical workflows all without moving data or breaking governance. Sigma supports a spreadsheet interface, SQL, Python, and native AI in a single governed workspace, giving every team the speed to act and IT the control to scale. Sigma is trusted by more than 2,000 customers, including AMD, Duolingo, Colgate-Palmolive, and JPMorgan Chase.Sigma announced its $80M in Series E financing in May 2026. The round was led by Princeville Capital, with new strategic investors Databricks Ventures, ServiceNow Ventures, and Workday Ventures participating alongside returning investors Altimeter Capital, Avenir Growth Capital, D1 Capital Partners, K5 Global, NewView Capital, Spark Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, and XN. This milestone follows Sigma reaching $200M in annual recurring revenue in April 2026, with more than 100% year-over-year growth and 1.1 million new active users added in the latest fiscal year.Come join us!Benefits For Our Full-Time Employees:• Equity• Generous health benefits• Flexible time off policy. Take the time off you need!• Paid bonding time for all new parents