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NetBox Labs · 2 months ago

Backend Software Engineer, Observability Product (Agent)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

5+ years exp

NetBox Labs is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to join their rapidly expanding Observability Product team. This role focuses on developing and maintaining the open source Observability Agent, ensuring scalability and reliability of observability systems, and integrating closely with NetBox’s data model.

Information TechnologyOpen SourceProfessional NetworkingSaaS

Responsibilities

Work with a full stack team to build and maintain open source, source available, and closed source software across our observability project portfolio – shipping to the community and delivering into our commercial cloud and on‑premise products

Integrate closely with NetBox’s data model to drive workflows for reconciling observed vs intended state and enriching telemetry and monitoring data

Define and maintain data schemas and APIs shared across products

Ensure observability systems meet scalability and reliability goals (SLAs/SLOs)

Implement testing, CI/CD automation, and code quality standards across observability services

Qualification

OSI framework knowledgeLinux programmingC++RustGRPCProtobufPythonDistributed systemsNetwork protocolsObservability conceptsData visualizationCommunication skills

Required

Deep knowledge of the OSI framework, networks and protocols - esp. DPI, SNMP, sFlow/NetFlow, gNMI

Linux system and network programming experience (e.g. system calls, IPC, processes, threads, sockets)

Experience with C++ (and/or Rust), as well as Go and Python

Experience with eBPF helpful

5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, and 2+ years in a startup environment

Experience in distributed systems and backend microservices development

Strong understanding of gRPC, protobuf, event-driven architecture, and streaming data systems

Experience with Redis streams, Kafka, MQTT, AMQP or other messaging systems

Familiarity with programmatic interaction with network infrastructure via APIs, SSH/CLI automation (e.g., Netmiko, NAPALM), or other network automation frameworks

Familiarity with observability concepts (metrics, logs, traces) and related protocols, especially OpenTelemetry

Strong communication skills, including the ability to write clear technical specifications with diagrams

Familiarity with data visualization and analytics frameworks such as Grafana