Senior Software Engineer, Observability

Airtable
Seattle, CA
Job Description
Airtable is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Observability to lead the design and evolution of our logging, metrics, and tracing pipelines. The successful candidate will have 6+ years of software engineering experience and a passion for enabling all of Airtable's engineering organization through reliable, intuitive observability tools.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience
  • 3+ years focused on observability or infrastructure at scale
  • Proficiency in distributed systems concepts, data streaming pipelines, and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
  • Deep hands-on knowledge of tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry, ELK Stack, Loki, or ClickHouse
  • Comfort with at least one programming language (e.g., Go, Python, Java) to build and maintain observability tooling
  • Experience mentoring engineers and collaborating across multiple teams
  • Strong communication skills to effectively present technical trade-offs and architectural plans

Benefits

  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • 401k Matching
  • Retirement Plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Equal Opportunity Employer
  • Flexible Working Hours
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