Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience senior

Exp. Years 12+ years

Education Not specified

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Staff Engineer on the Guardian team to prototype and scale observability-based release improvements, automate release processes, and drive data-driven product evolution.

Key Responsibilities

Prototyping / 0-to-1 innovation
Observability domain leadership
Collaborate with cross-functional partners
Translate industry trends into prototypes
Ensure scalable and measurable features

Technical Overview

Full-stack influence with emphasis on observability tooling, data platforms, and cloud-native infrastructure; lead 0-to-1 product concepts and collaborate across product, data science, and engineering.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior staff engineer with 12+ years of software engineering experience, deep observability domain expertise (APM, distributed tracing, OpenTelemetry), autonomous work style, and ability to lead 0-to-1 product development with cross-functional partners.

Must-Have Skills

12+ years of professional software engineering experienceExperience with observability systemsstatistical analysis pipelinesand event-based metrics infrastructureStrong architectural understanding of data platformsbackend servicesand cloud-native infrastructureExperience leading 0-to-1 product developmentDeep familiarity with the observability ecosystem (APMdistributed tracingOpenTelemetryerror tracking)

Required Skills

observability systemsAPMdistributed tracingOpenTelemetryerror trackingcloud-native infrastructuredata platformsbackend servicesevent-based metricsstatistical analysis pipelines

Hard Skills

observability systemsAPMdistributed tracingOpenTelemetryerror trackingcloud-native infrastructuredata platformsbackend servicesevent-based metricsstatistical analysis pipelines

Soft Skills

autonomycommunicationcollaborationinterpersonal skillsleadership

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Architect and lead observability-focused product development at LaunchDarkly.

Role Subtype Staff Engineer

Tech Domains Kubernetes, Docker

Keywords for Your Resume

Staff EngineerGuardianLaunchDarklyobservabilityAPMdistributed tracingOpenTelemetryerror trackingcloud-native infrastructurebackend servicesdata platformsstatistical analysis pipelinesevent-based metricsproof of concept0-to-1 product developmentautonomycross-functional collaborationcommunicationstakeholder managementstaff engineerguardian

Deal Breakers

Less than 12 years of professional software engineering experience, No experience with observability systems (APM, distributed tracing, OpenTelemetry, or error tracking)

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