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Google · 4 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer, Observability, OpenTelemetry

Massachusetts, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$197K/yr - $291K/yr

8+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Observability team focused on OpenTelemetry. The role involves defining and executing the OpenTelemetry strategy, leading projects in cloud observability, and designing high-performance telemetry collection software.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Help define and execute Google’s long-term OpenTelemetry strategy. Act as a representative in OpenTelemetry Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to guide specifications, design, and implementation in collaboration with the global community

Work closely with product management to align open-source contributions with Google Cloud’s high-level goals. Ensure that OpenTelemetry innovations translate into tangible product features for cloud operations

Lead projects in cloud observability and OpenTelemetry engineering, mentoring project staff and fostering a culture of technical excellence and open-source citizenship

Design and implement high-performance telemetry collection software, based on OpenTelemetry, for both internal Google infrastructure and external customer environments

Act as a consulting resource for cloud support and strategic customers. Partner with GCP service teams and external partners to integrate their cloud services with the cloud observability platform, helping them produce high-quality telemetry

Qualification

Full stack developmentSoftware designArchitectureTechnical leadershipJavaPythonGolangC++JavaScriptTypeScriptHTMLCSSData structuresAlgorithmsCross-functional collaborationMentoringProblem-solvingCommunication

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

8 years of experience in software development

5 years of experience testing, and launching software products

5 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, Golang, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent

3 years of experience with software design and architecture

Preferred

Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field

8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms

3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction

3 years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

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Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.

Founded in 1998

Mountain View, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.google.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (8763)

2024 (8872)

2023 (9682)

2022 (11626)

2021 (9109)

2020 (9785)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Andy Bechtolsheim

2004-08-19IPO

1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M

1998-11-01Angel· $1M

Leadership Team

Sundar Pichai

CEO

Thomas Kurian

CEO - Google Cloud

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