Software Backend Engineer Observability -OpenTelemetry - Irvine, CA; Onsite F2F

Software Backend Engineer with Observability
-Open Telemetry - Irvine, CA (Onsite) F2F

Position Title:

Software Engineer – Backend & Observability (Open Telemetry)

Location:

Irvine, CA (Onsite)

Duration:
Long Term

A F2F Interview Is Required.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with expertise in building scalable services and hands‑on experience with Open Telemetry instrumentation. The engineer will design and implement backend systems, integrate observability pipelines, and ensure system reliability through proactive monitoring and real‑time alerting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services using Java, Python, or Golang.
• Instrument services with Open Telemetry for distributed tracing, logs, and metrics.
• Integrate telemetry data with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Jaeger, AWS Cloud Watch, and Quick Sight.
• Build event‑driven systems and data pipelines using Kafka, Rabbit
  
  MQ, or AWS Kinesis.
• Write scripts (e.g., Python, Shell, or Node.js) to automate observability and deployment tasks.
• Design secure and scalable APIs with REST/Graph
  
  QL, OAuth2, JWT, and TLS/SSL.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Git Lab CI/CD, or Git Hub Actions, and deploy on Kubernetes/Docker.
• Define SLIs/SLOs, anomaly detection rules, and real‑time alerting mechanisms.
• Optimize backend performance through JVM tuning (for Java), memory management, and efficient database queries.
• Document observability frameworks, runbooks, and mentor junior developers.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of backend development with Java, Python, or Golang.
• Proven expertise in Open Telemetry instrumentation for microservices.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Shell, or Node.js).
• Strong background in observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Jaeger, AWS Cloud Watch).
• Hands‑on with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, Cloud Formation).
• Experience with microservices and event‑driven systems (Kafka, Rabbit
  
  MQ, Kinesis).
• Familiarity with SQL/No
  
  SQL databases (Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, Mongo
  
  DB, Redis).
• Experience with containerization, orchestration, and IaC (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS CDK).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing real‑time dashboards and visualization (Grafana, Quick Sight, Chart.js, D3.js).
• Exposure to React
  
  JS or Angular for full‑stack contributions.
• Knowledge of performance benchmarking, anomaly detection, and automated alerting.
• Agile experience (Scrum/Kanban, Jira, Confluence).

Seniority level
:
Mid‑Senior level

Employment type
:
Contract

Job function
:
Engineering and Information Technology

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