Observability Senior Software Engineer
šŗšø United States
Python
Kubernetes
Design
Devops
$140,800 - $196,900
Observability Senior Software Engineer
from šŗšø United States
$140,800 - $196,900
Senior Software Engineer
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Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as aSenior Software Engineeron ourSoftware Engineering Team inHopkinton, Massachusetts.
What youāll achieve
You will help define and evolve the observability strategy for our services, ensuring engineers have the right insights to build, operate, and scale highāquality software. You'll work across teams to deliver robust telemetry, enhance reliability, and enable dataādriven operational excellence.Ā
You will:
- Implement observability frameworks coveringmetrics, logs, traces, profiling, and events.
- Build scalable telemetry pipelines using technologies such asOpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Jaeger, Tempo, or similar.
- Develop instrumentation libraries, SDKs, agents, and exporters for distributed services.
- Optimize ingestion, storage, and query performance for highāvolume telemetry data.
- Partner with engineering and SRE teams to define and measureSLIs/SLOs/SLAs.
- Build dashboards, alerts, and diagnostics tools to support realātime monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Lead dataādriven incident analysis and provide actionable insights.
- Automate deployments and configuration of observability systems
- Champion observability best practices across the engineering organization.
Take the first step towards your dream careerĀ
Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Hereās what we are looking for with this role:Ā
Essential Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering or systems engineering roles.
- Strong programming skills inPython.
- Deep experience with cloudānative platforms (Kubernetes, containers, service mesh architectures).
- Handsāon expertise with modern observability stacks (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/EFK, Datadog, New Relic, etc.).
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, telemetry data flows, and performance engineering.
- Experience building automation and CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills; comfortable leading crossāteam initiatives.
Desirable RequirementsĀ
ā¢Bachelorās degreeĀ
Compensation
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Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.Ā The base salary range for this position:Ā $140,800 to $196,900
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Benefits and Perks of working at Dell Technologies
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Your life. Your health. Supported by your benefits.Ā You can explore the overall benefits experience that awaits you as a Dell Technologies team member - right now at MyWellatDell.com
Who we are
We believe that each of us has the power to make an impact. Thatās why we put our team members at the center of everything we do. If youāre looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds and most advanced tech in the industry, weāre looking for you.
Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that helps individuals and organizations transform how they work, live and play. Join us to build a future that works for everyone because Progress Takes All of Us.
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