Golang Job: Software Backend Engineer with Observability -Open

Position Title: Software Engineer Backend & Observability (OpenTelemetry)
Location: Irvine, CA (Onsite)
Duration: Long Term

A F2F interview is required.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with expertise in building scalable services and hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry instrumentation. The engineer will design and implement backend systems, integrate observability pipelines, and ensure system reliability through proactive monitoring and real-time alerting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services using Java, Python, or Golang.
• Instrument services with OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing, logs, and metrics.
• Integrate telemetry data with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Jaeger, AWS CloudWatch, and QuickSight.
• Build event-driven systems and data pipelines using Kafka, RabbitMQ, or AWS Kinesis.
• Write scripts (e.g., Python, Shell, or Node.js) to automate observability and deployment tasks.
• Design secure and scalable APIs with REST/GraphQL, OAuth2, JWT, and TLS/SSL.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions, and deploy on Kubernetes/Docker.
• Define SLIs/SLOs, anomaly detection rules, and real-time alerting mechanisms.
• Optimize backend performance through JVM tuning (for Java), memory management, and efficient database queries.
• Document observability frameworks, runbooks, and mentor junior developers.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of backend development with Java, Python, or Golang.
• Proven expertise in OpenTelemetry instrumentation for microservices.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Shell, or Node.js).
• Strong background in observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Jaeger, AWS CloudWatch).
• Hands-on with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFormation).
• Experience with microservices and event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Kinesis).
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis).
• Experience with containerization, orchestration, and IaC (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS CDK).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing real-time dashboards and visualization (Grafana, QuickSight, Chart.js, D3.js).
• Exposure to ReactJS or Angular for full-stack contributions.
• Knowledge of performance benchmarking, anomaly detection, and automated alerting.
• Agile experience (Scrum/Kanban, Jira, Confluence).