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Staff Software Engineer, Observability Platform

  • Canada
  • Remote
  • Posted Jul 23, 2026
  • 1 position

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Employment type
Full-time
Experience level
Lead · 10+ years
Posting language
English
Working hours
40 hours per week
Location requirements
Country, Canada

Job summary

Design and build an events-first observability foundation, including high-throughput ingest and query pipelines. Develop instrumentation libraries and SDKs to standardize telemetry across the organization while integrating AI agents into production investigation.

Job details

Design and build an events-first observability foundation, including high-throughput ingest and query pipelines. Develop instrumentation libraries and SDKs to standardize telemetry across the organization while integrating AI agents into production investigation. Requires 8+ years of software engineering experience with a strong background in building observability platforms and telemetry SDKs. Must be proficient in Kotlin or Ruby and experienced with open standards like OpenTelemetry and high-cardinality data systems.

What you’ll do

Design and build an events-first observability foundation, including high-throughput ingest and query pipelines. Develop instrumentation libraries and SDKs to standardize telemetry across the organization while integrating AI agents into production investigation.

Requirements

Requires 8+ years of software engineering experience with a strong background in building observability platforms and telemetry SDKs. Must be proficient in Kotlin or Ruby and experienced with open standards like OpenTelemetry and high-cardinality data systems.

Benefits

  • Health Benefits
  • Life Insurance
  • Group Savings With Employer Match
  • 20 Vacation Days
  • 4 Wellness Days
  • Unlimited Sick And Mental Health Days
  • Work Outside Canada For Up To 90 Days Per Year
  • Employee Resource Groups

Listed skills

  • Kotlin · Preferred
  • Ruby · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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  • Observability Platform Design
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Kotlin
  • Ruby
  • High-Cardinality Data Systems
  • SDK Development
  • SLI/SLO Design
  • Event-Based Architecture
  • AI Coding Tools
  • Columnar Storage
  • Distributed Tracing
  • Telemetry Pipelines

Job areas

  • Software
  • Technology
  • Engineering
  • Data & Analytics
  • Finance & Accounting

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