Observe, Inc. · 1 week ago
Software Engineer, Data Intake
San Mateo
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$174K/yr - $208K/yrObserve is an AI-powered observability platform engineered for scale. They are seeking a Software Engineer for their Data Intake team to build the ingestion infrastructure and enhance the user onboarding experience, focusing on self-serving, transparent data ingestion solutions.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business Information SystemsData IntegrationInformation TechnologySaaS
Responsibilities
Work on the Observe Agent (OTel collector distribution), including custom receivers, processors, and exporters
Build Config- and infra-heavy systems (OTel config, Helm charts, Kubernetes, AWS templates)
Control-plane APIs and data models that represent ingestion state, errors, and events
Debug complex ingestion issues across agents, pipelines, and backend systems
Scale systems that translate low-level distributed behavior into clear user-facing signals
Qualification
Required
Strong software engineering fundamentals, with experience in backend or systems development
Proficiency in Go or another statically typed language, with willingness to work deeply in Go
Experience with distributed systems, data pipelines, or agent-based software
Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or similar), or strong interest in developing this expertise
Comfort reading and reasoning about open-source code and external systems
Enjoy debugging distributed systems and data pipelines, especially ones you didn't originally write
Are comfortable moving between configuration, infrastructure, and code to understand real-world system behavior
Care about making complex systems observable, diagnosable, and explainable
Like turning messy production reality into clear signals and APIs that others can rely on
Preferred
Experience with OpenTelemetry, observability agents, or telemetry pipelines
Experience building or operating control planes for distributed systems
Prior work on onboarding, configuration management, or user-facing diagnostics for infrastructure products
Background in platform, infrastructure, or SRE-adjacent teams
Benefits
Equity
Competitive benefits package
Company
Observe, Inc.
Observe – the AI-powered observability company – is reinventing how businesses detect anomalies, troubleshoot applications, and resolve incidents to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
Founded in 2017
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$463MKey Investors
Sutter Hill VenturesMadrona
2026-01-08Acquired
2025-07-30Series C· $156M
2024-03-27Series B· $145M
Leadership Team
Keith Butler
President & CRO
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