Staff Software Developer - Observability Team Lead

Fintech company democratizing finance by making financial markets accessible to all through innovative products and services.
$170,000 - $200,000
DevOps
Staff Software Engineer
In-Person
1,000 - 5,000 Employees
8+ years of experience
Finance

Description For Staff Software Developer - Observability Team Lead

Robinhood Markets, a pioneering fintech company, is revolutionizing finance by making markets accessible to everyone. We're seeking a Staff Software Developer to lead our Observability Team, a crucial component of our engineering infrastructure. This role combines technical expertise with leadership, focusing on metrics, logging, tracing, error handling, and alerting.

The Observability Team maintains a sophisticated platform integrating various tools including Chronosphere, Humio, Honeycomb, Sentry, and PagerDuty. As Team Lead, you'll shape the future of observability at Robinhood, ensuring our systems remain scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient.

You'll drive strategic initiatives, mentor team members, and collaborate across the organization to build world-class observability solutions. The role requires deep technical knowledge in observability tools, strong coding skills in Python and Go, and experience with Kubernetes and cloud architectures.

This position offers competitive compensation and the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology while contributing to Robinhood's mission of democratizing finance. You'll be based in Toronto, joining a company that values diversity, inclusion, and innovative thinking.

The ideal candidate will balance technical excellence with leadership skills, optimizing both performance and cost while fostering a culture of engineering excellence. If you're passionate about building scalable solutions and leading high-performing teams in a mission-driven environment, this role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact.

Last updated 2 months ago

Responsibilities For Staff Software Developer - Observability Team Lead

  • Design and build scaleable and reliable observability platforms
  • Define long-term vision for observability and set roadmap
  • Provide technical leadership and expertise in observability
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather feedback
  • Mentor developers and foster culture of excellence
  • Drive initiatives to reduce issue detection time and optimize costs
  • Establish partnerships with engineering leaders and teams

Requirements For Staff Software Developer - Observability Team Lead

Python
Go
Kubernetes
  • Deep experience with observability tools (Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus, Honeycomb, Chronosphere)
  • Strong coding skills in Python, Go, and experience with Kubernetes
  • Proven track record as a technical lead
  • Experience managing self-hosted and vendor-managed solutions
  • Experience with metrics, logging, tracing, error handling, and alerting

Benefits For Staff Software Developer - Observability Team Lead

Equity
  • Bonus plan
  • Equity plan

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