Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies ยท 1 week ago
Site Reliability Engineer - Observability
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$147K/yr - $195K/yr
5+ years expRivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture focused on automotive technology for electric vehicles. The role involves designing, implementing, and scaling observability systems to ensure the health and performance of production environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams for actionable insights into distributed systems.
AutomotiveInformation TechnologySoftware
Responsibilities
Observability Platform Design: Architect, implement, and maintain observability systems, leveraging tools like Datadog, LGTM stack, OpenTelemetry, and Vector to enable real-time performance monitoring, logging, and alerting
Telemetry Optimization: Evolve and scale telemetry pipelines to ensure low latency and high availability for metrics, logs, and traces across multi-cloud environments
Performance Engineering: Proactively identify performance bottlenecks, optimize systems, and provide recommendations for reliability improvements
Scalable Automation: Implement automation solutions to scale systems sustainably while driving improvements in reliability and deployment velocity
Incident Management: Collaborate with the incident response team to establish data-driven debugging and troubleshooting processes using observability data
Tooling Development: Create and maintain self-service observability tools and dashboards to empower teams across the organization
Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to define SLOs/SLIs and ensure observability is embedded throughout the software lifecycle
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years in Site Reliability Engineering or a related role with a strong emphasis on observability
Proficiency in designing and operating observability platforms with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Jaeger, or Datadog
Experience with OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing in microservices architectures
Deep knowledge of Kubernetes (e.g., EKS), ArgoCD, and Crossplane
Strong proficiency in Python, Go, or similar languages for building automation and custom telemetry solutions
Familiarity with multi-cloud setups, containerization (Docker), and Linux system fundamentals
Exceptional problem-solving, communication, and a data-driven approach to decision-making
Benefits
Robust medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and their children up to age 26
Coverage is effective on the first day of employment
Flex Time Off
Retirement savings plans as well as medical, vision and dental coverage
Company
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies develops scalable automotive software and technology platforms for multiple vehicle segments.
1001-5000 employees
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