Senior Backend Engineer for Observability Platform

About the role

Join us in revolutionizing observability for developers. We’re hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to build a petabyte‑scale, high‑performance platform that delivers an amazing developer experience.

Key responsibilities

• Shape the product by owning and building core backend services and infrastructure, ensuring reliable, high‑throughput data pipelines and APIs.
• Engage with the open‑source community and customers, solving challenges and feeding feedback into backend architecture and API design.
• Design and implement scalable systems capable of ingesting, processing, and querying petabytes of observability data.

Required profile

• A backend engineer who excels at building reliable, performant services in TypeScript and Node.js.
• A creative problem‑solver who thrives in a fast‑paced environment.
• Driven to ship features that make a tangible impact for customers.
• Eager to learn, push boundaries, and embrace new technologies.
• Passionate about software and loves the freedom to create with minimal interruptions.

Required skills

• TypeScript
• Node.js (Express, Fastify)
• Go (optional)
• API design, distributed systems, data modeling
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• ClickHouse, PostgreSQL
• OpenTelemetry
• SDK/client library design
• Kafka, NATS (message queues/streaming)

What we offer

• Flexible, remote‑friendly work environment across 25+ countries.
• Employer‑contributed healthcare benefits.
• Equity through stock options.
• Flexible time off and a $500 home‑office stipend for remote employees.
• Global gatherings and offsites to foster in‑person connections.