Observability Engineer

Observability Engineer Overview

G-Research is seeking an experienced Observability Engineer to join their London-based engineering team. This role involves designing, scaling, and maintaining a variety of observability backends that enable effective telemetry data collection, analysis, and visualization. The successful candidate will play a key role in enhancing the company’s observability infrastructure, ensuring that services are fully observable, resilient, and capable of supporting high-scale cloud operations.

The core responsibilities include extending and maintaining OpenTelemetry frameworks, developing scalable telemetry pipelines, and contributing to SDKs and auto-instrumentation tools. The engineer will ensure Kubernetes workloads are observable and resilient, embed observability standards across teams, and improve incident response through enhanced telemetry coverage. Additionally, providing industry insights and input into the company’s long-term observability roadmap is expected.

Qualifications and Skills

• Extensive experience managing SaaS observability platforms such as DataDog, NewRelic, or Dynatrace at large scale.
• Deep practical knowledge of OpenTelemetry, including SDKs, collectors, and auto-instrumentation techniques.
• Strong familiarity with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes and DevOps tools like Terraform, ArgoCD, Helm, and Jenkins.
• Experience working with metrics, logs, and tracing systems to support observability initiatives.
• Scripting expertise in Go, Python, or similar languages for developing observability tools.
• Background in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or related operational roles focused on system reliability and performance.
• Desirable skills include profiling tools (eBPF, Pixie, Parca), synthetic monitoring, AI-driven observability solutions, and Kafka experience.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with an annual discretionary bonus.
• Daily lunch provision via Just Eat for Business and a dedicated barista bar.
• 35 days of annual leave, including public holidays.
• Company pension contributions at 9% of salary.
• Comprehensive private healthcare, including GP, dental, and vision services.
• Health support covering various stages of life, including fertility, maternity, and menopause.
• Cycle-to-work scheme and fitness membership subsidies.
• Regular social events and an informal dress code promoting work-life balance.
• Relocation assistance, including travel, housing, and immigration support, with costs covered by G-Research.
• Travel insurance for employees and their families, plus additional wellbeing and charity schemes.

The role is based in London, and the company offers a supportive environment for talented professionals looking to make an impact in quantitative research and engineering. G-Research values deep exploration, methodical execution, and long-term innovation, making it an ideal place for engineers passionate about observability and cloud infrastructure.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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