#116807 - Senior Software Engineer / SRE (Observability Focus)

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer / SRE to support platform reliability, monitoring, and modernization initiatives. This role combines software engineering and site reliability engineering, with a strong emphasis on Kubernetes, observability, and cloud infrastructure. You will help improve system reliability, automate operational workflows, and support the organization’s Datadog-based observability environment. Key Responsibilities - Support platform reliability, monitoring, and modernization initiatives - Design, consume, and integrate APIs across internal systems and services - Work in Kubernetes environments across deployment, operations, and monitoring - Build and improve observability capabilities across dashboards, alerts, tracing, metrics, and logging - Monitor containerized and microservices-based architectures - Integrate observability tooling into AWS environments - Support CI/CD observability integrations - Automate monitoring and operational tasks using scripting, with Python preferred - Help own and operate internal engineering platform capabilities, with extra emphasis on observability platforms - Drive proactive maintenance efforts and platform improvements focused on reliability, scalability, and performance - Install and configure Datadog agents and integrations - Manage API keys and secure configuration practices for observability tooling - Manage user roles and access controls within observability platforms - Provide operational and training support related to Datadog Must-Have Skills - Strong proficiency in at least one of the following: Python, JavaScript (Node.js), or Java - Hands-on experience with API integrations - Strong experience working in Kubernetes environments - Experience with Datadog or similar observability tools such as Prometheus or Grafana - Ability to configure dashboards, alerts, and APM - Experience with tracing, metrics, and logging - Experience monitoring containerized or microservices-based architectures - Hands-on experience with AWS - Experience integrating observability tools into cloud environments - Experience with CI/CD integrations for observability - Ability to automate monitoring and operational tasks using scripting - Demonstrated ownership of reliability, scalability, and performance improvements - Experience installing and configuring observability agents and integrations - Experience managing secure configurations, API keys, and user access within observability platforms - Enterprise experience strongly preferred. Nice-to-Have Skills - Familiarity with Go (Golang) - Experience with New Relic - Experience with Dynatrace - Experience with Elastic - Experience with Splunk Observability Required Tools & Platforms - Kubernetes - Datadog - AWS - Prometheus - Grafana Location, Time & Engagement - Contract role - Full-time, 40 hours per week - Remote within APAC - Must be able to work hours overlapping U.S. Pacific Time - 100% allocation