Observability Engineer || USA (Remote) ||

Job Title: Observability Engineer

Contract Duration: 6+ months

Location: Remote

Only W2 No C2C

Job Description:

We are seeking an Observability Engineer to enhance the YouVersion Platform s monitoring and observability capabilities. This role involves designing and implementing comprehensive metrics, tracing, and logging pipelines across SDKs, APIs, and infrastructure. The Observability Engineer will collaborate closely with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and other engineering teams to develop actionable dashboards, alerting rules, and performance baselines using tools like New Relic and Sentry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Advance the monitoring and observability maturity of the YouVersion Platform by designing and implementing metrics, tracing, and logging pipelines.
• Collaborate with SRE and engineering teams to build and maintain actionable dashboards, alerting rules, and performance baselines.
• Utilize New Relic and Sentry to enhance observability and ensure system reliability and performance.
• Implement distributed tracing, error correlation, and telemetry normalization to improve system insights and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Continuously evaluate and improve observability practices to support platform scalability and reliability.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience as an Observability Engineer or in a similar role, with a focus on monitoring and observability.
• Strong expertise in designing and implementing metrics, tracing, and logging pipelines.
• Experience with distributed tracing, error correlation, and telemetry normalization.
• Proficiency in using New Relic and Sentry for observability and monitoring.
• Strong experience working within Google Cloud Platform environments
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with additional observability and monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with other cloud platforms and infrastructure.