Etsy

Senior Software Engineer I , Observability

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8 days ago
Brooklyn, NY, USASenior

Base Salary

$143k - $215k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design systems that operate reliably and enable 99.95% availability.
  • Build and maintain observability tools and services for collecting, storing, and analyzing telemetry data.
  • Work with petabytes of logs, millions of metrics, and traces at large scale.
  • Design, develop, and implement scalable, maintainable systems across the infrastructure stack.
  • Contribute to developer tooling and observability architecture for services running on VMs and containers.
  • Collaborate with developers and engineering teams on instrumentation, telemetry needs, and reliability practices.
  • Use Chef, Terraform, Kubernetes, Go, Prometheus, Envoy, and OTel in infrastructure and platform development.

Requirements

  • At least three years of experience in observability systems or developer tooling, preferably in a cloud environment.
  • Experience executing multiple large software projects within a team environment.
  • Professional experience implementing or actively using metrics, logging, and tracing systems.
  • Proficiency in at least one of PHP, Python, or Go.
  • Experience with cloud architectures such as GCP or AWS.
  • Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration frameworks is preferred.
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and configuration-management tools such as Chef or Ansible.
  • Ability to independently tackle well-scoped problems and improve existing code.
  • Strong communication skills and experience working with distributed teams are preferred.

Benefits

  • Full-time role reporting to the Engineering Manager for Observability.
  • Eligible for an equity package and annual performance bonus.
  • Competitive benefits supporting employees and their families.
  • Hybrid work prioritized near Etsy’s Brooklyn office, typically requiring one or two office days per week depending on proximity.
  • Remote candidates outside commuting distance may be considered case by case, with occasional travel to the office expected.

Tech Stack

AmbassadorAnsibleAWSChefGoGoogle BigQueryGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaKubernetesPHPPrometheusPythonTerraform

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Etsy

About Etsy

10,000+ employees

Etsy operates a global e-commerce marketplace for handmade, vintage, and craft-supply goods, connecting independent sellers with buyers worldwide. It earns revenue through listing and transaction fees, payments, shipping, and seller services such as advertising. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Etsy is publicly traded on Nasdaq and also operates marketplaces like Depop and Reverb.

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