Lead Observability Engineer
EverOps · Remote · Remote ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Lead Observability Engineer
- Fully remote (US-based)
- AWS + OpenTelemetry
- Player-coach role
- Equity + 401K
Join EverOps as a Lead Observability Engineer to drive infrastructure improvements for a major consumer mobile client. You will lead a two-month assessment of their current metrics, logs, and traces, followed by a strategic migration to AWS-native observability services.
Acting as a player-coach, you will define the target architecture, validate performance parity, and execute the transition while reducing operational overhead. This role requires deep hands-on expertise in scaling telemetry systems and managing complex cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Conduct a two-month observability maturity assessment including cost modeling
- Design AWS-native target architecture using OpenTelemetry and ADOT
- Validate telemetry volumes, retention policies, and sampling strategies
- Lead platform migration including pipeline cutover and dashboard rebuilding
- Define OpenTelemetry conventions for resource attributes and sampling
- Rebuild service ownership tagging for accurate cost attribution
- Present technical tradeoffs and recommendations to engineering leadership
- Manage the TechPod workflow and serve as primary customer contact
What you'll need
- 8+ years in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering with 4+ in leadership
- Deep experience scaling metrics, logs, and traces at large volume
- Advanced production knowledge of Prometheus, Thanos, or Mimir
- Hands-on experience with Datadog or similar commercial observability platforms
- Production expertise with AWS CloudWatch, AMP, and Amazon Managed Grafana
- Strong proficiency with OpenTelemetry Collector and pipeline design
- Experience designing log pipelines with Vector, Fluent Bit, or Firehose
- Advanced Terraform skills for infrastructure as code implementation
- Ability to build defensible total cost of ownership models from usage data
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Go, or Bash for automation tasks
Nice to have
- Experience migrating off Datadog, Splunk, or New Relic to open-source stacks
- Knowledge of Grafana Alloy, Beyla, or eBPF-based instrumentation
- Familiarity with continuous profiling tools like Pyroscope or Parca
- Experience designing telemetry retention for SOC 2 or GDPR compliance
- Background in high-traffic B2C platforms with millions of users
- Relevant certifications such as AWS DevOps Professional or CKA
Stack
- Prometheus
- Thanos
- Grafana
- Vector
- ELK
- AWS CloudWatch
- Amazon Managed Prometheus
- OpenTelemetry
- Terraform
- Kubernetes
- EKS
- Python
- Go
How you'll work
- Fully remote workplace
- U.S.-Based Virtual Operating Center
- Player-coach leadership model
What you get
- Unlimited paid time off
- Company equity participation
- 401K with company contribution
- Sponsored healthcare coverage
- Access to training and certification programs