Expedia Group · 1 month ago
Senior Software Engineer, Observability
Washington - Seattle Campus
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$199K/yr - $278K/yr
6+ years expExpedia Group is a leading company in the travel industry, focused on creating innovative technology solutions for a seamless travel experience. The Senior Software Engineer, Observability will be responsible for developing and maintaining the observability platform, collaborating with teams to tackle technical challenges, and ensuring operational excellence through best practices.
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Responsibilities
Develop and Maintain Core Platform Components: Contribute to the development, scaling, and operation of our core telemetry pipelines for logs, metrics, and traces, ensuring they are reliable, scalable and efficient
Assist with Technology Rollouts: Support the implementation and adoption of key technologies like OpenTelemetry by developing configurations, Agent fleet management, creating helpful documentation, sample code, Libraries and providing technical guidance to other engineering teams
Implement Platform Features: Implement new features from the team's roadmap, focusing on improving the developer experience, enhancing data governance, and providing better cost visibility
Write and Maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Author and maintain high-quality code as a platform service, create production-grade code (e.g., Terraform) to automate the deployment and lifecycle management of the platform's infrastructure. Author and implement platform service frameworks to produce observability as code
Troubleshoot and Resolve Production Issues: Take ownership of complex technical issues within the observability platform. Participate in an on-call rotation and work to identify root causes and implement durable solutions
Advocate for Best Practices: Promote operational excellence and observability best practices by providing constructive feedback in code reviews, improving team documentation, and sharing your knowledge with others
Collaborate and Mentor: Work closely with your teammates in design discussions and planning sessions. Provide mentorship and support to junior engineers on the team to help them develop their skills
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
6+ years of experience in software engineering; with a focus on backend services, distributed systems, or infrastructure
Strong, hands-on experience with observability principles (logs, metrics, traces)
Proficiency with observability technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, Clickhouse, Datadog, Splunk, or OpenTelemetry
Proficiency in Golang
Experience with cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, Docker, microservices) and a major cloud platform (AWS preferred)
Preferred
Proven experience building and operating services in a large-scale, distributed environment
A strong hands-on coder with a commitment to technical excellence, code quality, and testing
Clear communicator who can collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical partners
A pragmatic problem-solver who is eager to learn and apply new technologies
Experience mentoring junior engineers and a passion for sharing knowledge is a plus
Benefits
Medical/dental/vision
Paid time off
Employee Assistance Program
Wellness & travel reimbursement
Travel discounts
International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership
Company
Expedia Group
At Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE), we believe travel is a force for good – it opens minds, builds connections, and bridges divides.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$4.25BKey Investors
TCV
2025-02-21Post Ipo Debt· $985M
2020-04-23Post Ipo Equity· $1.2B
2020-04-23Post Ipo Debt· $2B
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Chief Executive Officer
Ramana Thumu
Chief Technology Officer
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