Senior DevOps Engineer - Remote

Overview

As the Senior DevOps Engineer focused on Observability, you will set observability standards, lead automation efforts and mentor engineers ensuring all monitoring and Datadog configuration changes are implemented Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).

In Short

• Own and define observability standards for Java applications, Kubernetes workloads and cloud infrastructure.
• Configure and manage the Datadog platform using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) best practices.
• Drive adoption of structured JSON logging, distributed tracing and custom metrics across Java and Python services.
• Optimize Datadog usage through cost governance, log filtering, sampling strategies and automated reporting.
• Collaborate closely with Java developers and platform engineers to standardize instrumentation and alerting.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with missing or misconfigured logs, metrics and traces.
• Lead incident response efforts using Datadog insights for actionable alerting and reliability improvements.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Datadog-related requests.
• Continuously audit and tune monitors for alert quality.
• Maintain clear internal documentation on Datadog usage and IaC workflows.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or related roles with a focus on observability.
• Hands-on experience managing and scaling Datadog programmatically.
• Deep expertise in Datadog including APM, logs, metrics, tracing.
• Experience integrating Datadog observability into CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of AWS services and best practices for monitoring services.
• Strong background in Java or Python application development.
• Familiarity with other observability and monitoring tools is a plus.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans.
• Free testing for employees and their immediate families.
• Pregnancy and baby bonding leave.
• 401k benefits and commuter benefits.
• Generous employee referral program.