Senior Software Engineer I (Observability Platform)

📋 Description

• Architect and build the observability platform: Design and ship end-to-end capability for metrics
• Run observability as an internal product: Build for the engineers who depend on you, with published
• Drive instrumentation with OpenTelemetry: Build and maintain shared instrumentation libraries
• Engineer telemetry pipelines at scale: Build high-volume collection, enrichment, redaction, and
• Connect the platform end to end: Integrate the observability toolchain with CI/CD, service catalog
• Build automated and self-healing remediation: Design event-driven and agent-assisted workflows that

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years building and operating highly scalable, highly available distributed systems, platform
• 5+ years programming in Go, Python, Java/Kotlin, or TypeScript/Node.js, with the ability to move
• Experience building internal platforms, developer tooling, or an internal developer platform (e.g.
• Hands-on depth across all three primary signals (metrics, logs, and distributed tracing) on a major
• Practical OpenTelemetry experience: collectors, instrumentation (auto and manual), semantic
• Experience building high-volume data or telemetry pipelines: log and metric shippers, streaming

🎁 Benefits

• Employer subsidized medical/vision and dental coverage for full-time employees
• 401k Match to help you save for your future (50% of your contribution up to the first 6% of your
• Monthly stipend to support your work and productivity
• Flexible Time Away Program, plus Sick Time Off
• US employees are automatically covered under Smartsheet-sponsored life insurance, short-term, and
• US employees receive 12 paid holidays per year