Coupang

Sr. Staff Observability Software Engineer

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7 days ago
Mountain View, CA, USA or Seattle, WA, USAStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$174k - $299k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain monitoring, alerting, logging, and tracing solutions across platforms, applications, and infrastructure
  • Collaborate with software engineers, SREs, and infrastructure teams to define observability requirements
  • Develop and implement best practices for monitoring, alerting, and telemetry systems
  • Evaluate and recommend observability tools and technologies to improve system visibility and reliability
  • Define and track KPIs and SLOs for system availability, performance, and reliability
  • Analyze observability data to assist with troubleshooting and resolving complex incidents
  • Guide and mentor engineers on observability principles, practices, and tools
  • Evaluate observability systems and identify improvement and optimization opportunities
  • Drive organization-wide standardization and simplification of observability processes, tools, and frameworks
  • Create training materials, documentation, and runbooks for observability systems and practices

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or a closely related field
  • Eight years of experience working in engineering teams that build large-scale distributed systems
  • Strong experience implementing and managing observability solutions in large-scale, complex environments
  • Deep knowledge of monitoring, alerting, and logging systems and tools, including OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, and Elastic
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with application performance management tools such as Dynatrace or AppDynamics
  • Professional certifications in cloud platforms, monitoring tools, or related technologies are preferred
  • Proficiency in at least one of Go, Java, Python, or Ruby
  • Familiarity with distributed tracing technologies such as Jaeger or Zipkin
  • Experience with cloud-based infrastructure including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
  • Strong understanding of DevOps and SRE practices, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, and infrastructure as code
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with a focus on data-driven decision-making
  • Proven track record of leading and delivering successful observability projects and initiatives

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account
  • Long-term and short-term disability coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Paid time off
  • 12 public holidays
  • Paid parental leave
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Free electric car charging station
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About Coupang

10,000+ employees

Coupang is a technology and Fortune 150 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CPNG) that provides retail, restaurant delivery, video streaming, and fintech services to customers around the world under brands that include Coupang, Eats, Play, Rocket Now, and Farfetch.