Software Engineer - Observability

About the position

At X, we're on a mission to become the trusted global digital public square, committed to protecting freedom of speech and building the future unlimited interactivity. Our goal is to empower every user to freely create and share ideas, fostering open public discourse without barriers. Join us in shaping this thrilling journey where your contribution will be invaluable to our success!

Responsibilities

• Architecting and implementing scalable, secure, and efficient systems for Observability at X (metrics, logging, tracing)
• Collaborating with other X engineering teams to develop new features and integrations with X internal services and frameworks
• Writing clean, efficient, maintainable, and well-documented code
• Ensuring the performance, reliability, and scalability of our backend systems
• Troubleshooting and debugging
• Mentoring junior engineers, multiply the effectiveness of the team by providing code and design reviews, setting the bar for quality high, and defining team's software development best practices
• Staying informed about industry trends and emerging technologies in the Observability space

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and data structures background
• Proficiency in one or more object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Scala, Java, C++)
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for software development life cycles
• Experience with business-critical distributed large-scale systems
• Strong desire for learning and growth
• Enjoy interacting with and helping internal customers

Benefits

• Equity
• Competitive salary range of $120,000 to $226,000