Waabi - Senior / Staff Software Engineer (Observability / SRE)
Requirements
• 5+ years software engineering or systems/performance engineering experience (BS in CS/EE or related), with demonstrated end-to-end ownership of complex projects. • Proficient in at least one of: Python, Rust, C/C++; strong CS fundamentals and system design skills. • Hands-on with Linux internals (CPU scheduling, memory, I/O, networking) and perf tooling (perf, eBPF, flamegraphs, tracing frameworks). • Experience with Kubernetes, microservices, and distributed systems; comfort building production services and pipelines. • Proven track record of clear communication, writing design docs, and leading cross-functional efforts. • Experience deploying and managing observability platforms (OpenTelemetry, Grafana OSS). • Performance tuning for databases/streaming/batch/ML platforms; GPU/xPU or Arm performance exposure. • Experience tuning stream processing, batch or ML platforms (e.g. Argo Workflows, PyTorch). • Familiarity with microservices debugging and distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus). • The US yearly salary range for this role is: $148,000 - $249,000 USD in addition to competitive perks & benefits. Waabi (US) Inc.’s yearly salary ranges are determined based on several factors in accordance with the Company’s compensation practices. The salary base range is reflective of the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Note: The Company provides additional compensation for employees in this role, including equity incentive awards and an annual performance bonus.
Responsibilities
• Design and lead the architecture and development of Waabi’s monitoring and observability stack, used to monitor the health and performance of cloud and on-prem environments. • Develop and extend workloads and benchmarks (compute, storage, network, ML/AI) and integrate stress, chaos, and regression tests to validate hardware and platform choices. • Analyze and optimize end-to-end performance across hardware, firmware, Linux kernel, runtimes, and distributed services using advanced profiling tools (perf, eBPF, flamegraphs, tracing frameworks). • Build automation and observability tooling (Go/Python/Java, Kubernetes/Docker) for CI/CD-based performance regression detection, telemetry, alerting, and anomaly detection. • Work with client teams to support their applications’ observability requirements. • Influence system architecture and tooling decisions that improve how Waabi builds, monitors, and scales its infrastructure. • Drive execution and quality, writing design docs, setting milestones, mentoring ICs, and communicating insights and results to stakeholders and leadership.
Benefits
• Competitive compensation and equity awards. • Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only). • Unlimited Vacation. • Flexible hours and Work from Home support. • Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office). • Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually. • As we grow, this list continues to evolve! • Waabi is a technology start-up building technologies to transform the way the world moves. Join our talented team to be a part of the future and to make an impact!
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