Senior Observability Systems Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $178k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

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⚙️ Systems Engineer

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Backblaze

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2007

🛍️ eCommerce

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $5M Series A on 2012-07

Cloud Storage • eCommerce • Enterprise

Backblaze is a cloud storage company that provides scalable and secure data backup solutions for both businesses and individuals. Their B2 Cloud Storage service offers S3 compatible object storage, allowing users to easily protect and manage their data with transparent pricing. Backblaze specializes in automatic and unlimited backup services for computer systems, ensuring data protection and recovery options for users, while also supporting integration with applications for enhanced functionality.

📋 Description

• Set technical direction and standards for observability across the organization, including instrumentation conventions, alerting philosophy, and dashboard design patterns • Mentor engineers on the Observability team and act as a technical resource for SRE, Storage Engineering, and Network Engineering • Lead design reviews and represent the team in cross-functional architecture discussions • Evaluate build-versus-buy decisions for observability and AIOps tooling, including data sovereignty and compliance considerations • Produce and maintain design documentation, runbooks, and architectural decision records • Own and evolve the metrics pipeline, including VictoriaMetrics, Prometheus, and Consul-based service discovery • Own and expand the OpenSearch, Logstash, and Filebeat logging stack across Backblaze data centers • Architect and expand distributed tracing with Jaeger and OpenTelemetry • Define and maintain Grafana dashboard standards • Drive expansion of internal application telemetry with application teams • Define capacity and retention strategy for the telemetry stack • Own infrastructure-as-code for observability deployments across multiple Kubernetes clusters • Write and review automated playbooks for Debian-based bare metal servers • Partner with SRE on Consul-based service discovery and scrape target automation • Lead Ceph storage observability, including OSD health, performance metrics, and alerting integration • Collaborate with Network Engineering on BGP, routing, and network-level observability

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years in a systems engineering, SRE, DevOps, or observability-focused role, including demonstrated technical leadership on a platform or infrastructure team • Deep hands-on experience with Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, or equivalent metrics platforms, including PromQL, Alertmanager, and operating these systems at scale • Experience designing and operating log aggregation pipelines such as Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Logstash, Filebeat, or similar • Working knowledge of distributed tracing (Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, or equivalent), including instrumentation strategy, not just operation • Proficiency in Python and/or Go for automation and tooling • Experience with Kubernetes, including deploying workloads and understanding pod networking and storage • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling and configuration management • Strong understanding of Linux internals, with Debian/Ubuntu preferred • Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar on a team • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Experience leading the evaluation or deployment of AIOps tooling, including alert correlation, deduplication, or automated root cause analysis • Experience building, deploying, or operating AI agents or agentic AI systems • Familiarity with LLM APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI) or self-hosted LLM inference in an infrastructure context • Familiarity with Ceph storage, including OSD management, pool configuration, and CRUSH maps • Experience with incident management platforms • Familiarity with BGP, network observability, or working in multi-DC environments • Experience with secrets management in production environments • Experience operating in a regulated or compliance-driven environment • Prior experience in a storage-focused company or hyperscale infrastructure environment

🏖️ Benefits

• 10% target annual bonus • RSUs • Equal Opportunity Employer commitment • Diversity, equity, and inclusion values • Workforce belonging commitment