Observability Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Implement observability frameworks covering metrics, logs, traces, profiling, and events
• Build scalable telemetry pipelines using technologies such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Jaeger, or Tempo
• Develop instrumentation libraries, SDKs, agents, and exporters for distributed services
• Optimize ingestion, storage, and query performance for high-volume telemetry data
• Partner with engineering and SRE teams to define and measure SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs
• Build dashboards, alerts, and diagnostics tools to support real-time monitoring and troubleshooting
• Automate deployments and configuration of observability systems
• Champion observability best practices across the engineering organization

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering or systems engineering roles
• Strong programming skills in Python
• Deep experience with cloud-native platforms, including Kubernetes, containers, and service mesh architectures
• Hands-on expertise with modern observability stacks (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/EFK, Datadog, or New Relic)
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, telemetry data flows, and performance engineering
• Experience building automation and CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for leading cross-team initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare programs
• Award-winning financial wellness tools and resources
• Generous leave of absence for new parents and caregivers
• Industry-leading wellness platform

About the Company

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that helps individuals and organizations transform how they work, live, and play. We believe that each of us has the power to make an impact, and we put our team members at the center of everything we do.