The Lead Observability Engineer serves as the organization’s technical authority for monitoring, telemetry, and reliability insights across all platforms and services. This role owns the architecture, implementation, and operation of the observability ecosystem—including metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, alerting, and service-level indicators—ensuring that engineering teams have the visibility required to deliver resilient, high-performing systems. The position combines deep platform engineering expertise with the strategic responsibilities of defining telemetry standards, guiding reliability practices, and driving the adoption of modern observability methodologies. The Lead Observability Engineer partners closely with application, platform, and security teams to establish scalable instrumentation frameworks, operationalize SLOs, and ensure data quality and consistency across environments. This role requires technical leadership, strong architectural judgment, and the ability to translate complex system behavior into actionable insights that elevate operational excellence across the organization. You can expect to spend your time accomplishing the following: 50% of the time on Objective 1: Observability Platform Ownership 25% of the time on Objective 2: Standards, Instrumentation, and Reliability Practices 25% of the time on Objective 3: Cross-Functional Technical Leadership