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Observability Engineer

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point72 logoPoint72 · US
$160K–$250K/yrFull-timeOn-siteToday
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Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and run central observability platforms for the firm.
  • Develop telemetry collection, processing, enrichment, and routing pipelines for logs, metrics, traces, and events.
  • Implement and maintain open-source telemetry instrumentation standards and deployment patterns.
  • Build scalable ingestion and storage architectures using cloud native technologies.
  • Optimize telemetry cost, performance, retention, and reliability.
  • Participate in incident investigations and drive root-cause analysis for observability platform issues.
  • Develop dashboards, reporting capabilities, and service level monitoring frameworks.
  • What's REQUIRED
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, or a closely related field.
  • 4 years of experience as a software engineer.
  • Proficiency in Python or Rust.
  • Working knowledge of GitHub or other CI/CD platforms.
  • Experience deploying observability solutions to Linux and virtualized environments.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
  • Comfort building infrastructure with Terraform.
  • Demonstrated track record of managing observability platforms such as Datadog and Splunk.
  • Experience with site reliability engineering best practices, including logging, telemetry, and SLA management.
  • Background in data analytics around large data sets.
  • Commitment to the highest ethical standards.
  • We take care of our people
  • We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:
  • Fully-paid health care benefits
  • Generous parental and family leave policies
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community
  • Mental and physical wellness programs
  • Tuition assistance
  • A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more
  • About point72

Benefits

Health insurance401(k)Performance bonusParental leave

Additional Information

Observability Engineer A Career with point72's Technology team As Point72 reimagines the future of investing, our Technology team is constantly evolving our firm's IT infrastructure and engineering capabilities, positioning us at the forefront of a rapidly evolving technology landscape. We're a team of experts who experiment and work to discover new ways to harness open-source solutions, modern cloud architectures, and sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, while embracing enterprise agile methodologies. Our commitment to building and innovating in the AI space provides the framework intended to drive smarter decision making and enhance how we build and operate our platforms and applications. As a member of Point72's Technology team, we encourage and support your professional development from day one-helping you advance your technical skills, contribute innovative ideas, and satisfy your own intellectual curiosity-all while delivering real business impact for our multi-billion-dollar global business.


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