Rivian · 1 month ago
Site Reliability Engineer - Observability
US-CA-Palo Alto
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$147K/yr - $195K/yr
5+ years expRivian is a company focused on sustainable transportation and innovative technology. They are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer specializing in Observability to design, implement, and scale robust observability systems for their production environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance system performance and reliability.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
Architect, implement, and maintain observability systems, leveraging tools like Datadog, LGTM stack, OpenTelemetry, and Vector to enable real-time performance monitoring, logging, and alerting
Evolve and scale telemetry pipelines to ensure low latency and high availability for metrics, logs, and traces across multi-cloud environments
Proactively identify performance bottlenecks, optimize systems, and provide recommendations for reliability improvements
Implement automation solutions to scale systems sustainably while driving improvements in reliability and deployment velocity
Collaborate with the incident response team to establish data-driven debugging and troubleshooting processes using observability data
Create and maintain self-service observability tools and dashboards to empower teams across the organization
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.
Company
Rivian
Rivian is an automotive technology company that develops products and services to advance the shift to sustainable mobility.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$21.93BKey Investors
Volkswagen GroupUS Department of EnergyIllinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
2025-06-30Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2024-11-25Post Ipo Debt· $6.6B
2024-05-02Grant· $827M
Leadership Team
Robert Scaringe
Chief Executive Officer
Claire McDonough
Chief Financial Officer
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