178K–200K USD / year
Sr. Observability Systems Engineer
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Published on 2026-10-15
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About this role
The role involves significant architectural ownership in observability systems, mentoring engineers, and leading the technical direction for incident response across data centers. The candidate will work with complex distributed systems using modern observability tools and practices.
About the company
Backblaze provides cloud object storage and backup services for individuals and businesses. It serves teams that need affordable, durable storage and simple data protection.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction for observability standards
- Mentor engineers on observability practices
- Lead design reviews for observability work
- Evaluate build-vs-buy decisions for tooling
- Produce and maintain design documentation
What we're looking for
- 8+ years in systems engineering, SRE, or DevOps roles
- Experience with Prometheus and VictoriaMetrics
- Hands-on with log aggregation pipelines
- Knowledge of distributed tracing tools
- Proficiency in Python and/or Go
- Familiarity with Kubernetes
- Strong understanding of Linux internals
- Excellent communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience with AIOps tooling
- Building or operating AI agents
- Familiarity with LLM APIs
- Experience with Ceph storage
- Incident management platform experience