Lead Observability Engineer (London, UK):
The Opportunity
A leading global quantitative research firm is looking for a Lead Observability Engineer to help advance the engineering practices supporting its mission-critical technology estate.
This is a senior opportunity for someone who understands observability beyond dashboards and alerts - a specialist who can combine software engineering expertise with a broader view of how complex systems behave in production.
You'll have the opportunity to influence technical decisions, introduce better ways of understanding system performance and work alongside highly capable engineers in an environment where technology is central to the business.
The Role
You'll help bridge the gap between observability technology and the engineers who depend on it, making it easier to understand application behaviour, investigate unexpected results and make informed decisions about system performance.
The role will suit someone who enjoys solving difficult engineering problems, challenging established approaches and turning specialist knowledge into practical improvements used across a wider organisation.
Areas of focus include:
- OpenTelemetry expertise: Apply deep knowledge of the ecosystem to improve how software is instrumented and how engineering teams gain insight into their applications.
- Developer experience: Create reusable approaches and tooling that make effective observability a natural part of software development.
- Performance engineering: Help engineers investigate complex issues across distributed applications and infrastructure.
- Technical leadership: Influence engineering standards, evaluate emerging technologies and guide longer-term technical decisions.
- Engineering innovation: Explore new methods of understanding production behaviour, from advanced profiling to evolving approaches to system diagnostics.
What We're Looking For:
- Strong practical expertise in OpenTelemetry, beyond basic implementation or configuration.
- A background in observability, software infrastructure, platform engineering or SRE.
- Software development experience in Go, Python or a comparable language.
- A solid understanding of distributed applications and production-system behaviour.
- Ideally experience within comparable hyperscale environments (eg quant research, high frequency trading, 'big tech', investment banking etc).
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Lead Observability Engineer employer: Stanford Black Limited
Stanford Black Limited is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration within the AWS Cloud Engineering team in London. Employees benefit from extensive growth opportunities, hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies, and a commitment to operational excellence, making it a rewarding environment for those passionate about cloud networking and automation.
