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OpenLoop

Observability Engineer

OpenLoop

. Define what to monitor, how to alert, and how to measure uptime and reliability across enterprise systems .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building observability functions, including dashboards and alerting, while leveraging scripting and AI-assisted development to enhance system monitoring and reliability. Proficient in collaborating with IT Service Management for incident response and change validation.

Highest-signal resume keywords
DatadogPagerDutyScripting (Python)Observability FunctionsITSM Tools (Jira Service Management)

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Hard Skills
Building DashboardsMonitoringAlertingAPI ExperienceLog Management
Tools & Technologies
DatadogPagerDutyOpenTelemetryAI-Assisted Development
Industry Keywords
SaaS ApplicationsIncident ManagementChange ManagementRoot-Cause AnalysisHigh-Growth Company Experience

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ITSMPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Define what to monitor, how to alert, and how to measure uptime and reliability across enterprise systems
  • Build Datadog dashboards and monitors for availability, capacity, performance, and concurrency limits across SaaS and internal tools
  • Design PagerDuty alert routing and escalation
  • Pull logs, use APIs, and build lightweight integrations or tools for systems with little or no native observability
  • Monitor critical end-to-end business workflows across multiple systems
  • Partner with IT Service Management on incident response, root-cause analysis, and change validation
  • Use scripting and AI-assisted development to build quickly and improve signal quality

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 3+ years of experience building observability functions, including dashboards, monitors and alerting
  • Hands-on experience with Datadog
  • Hands-on experience with PagerDuty
  • Scripting and API experience (e.g., Python) to pull logs and data from systems without native integrations
  • A track record of building observability or monitoring where little existed before
  • Startup or high-growth company experience (preferred)
  • Experience monitoring SaaS business applications, not only infrastructure (preferred)
  • Experience with OpenTelemetry or other log and metrics pipelines (preferred)
  • Experience with ITSM tools and incident or change management (e.g., Jira Service Management) (preferred)
  • Experience using AI-assisted development to build internal tools (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
  • Flexible Spending/Health Savings Accounts
  • Flexible PTO
  • 401(k) + Company Match
  • Life Insurance
  • Pet insurance