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We are seeking an Observability Lead to own the strategy, execution, and technical direction of CTC's observability platform. In this role, you will lead a small, high-impact team responsible for the tools and systems that give our engineers, quants, and traders visibility into the health and performance of critical infrastructure and applications.
Job Responsibility:
Define and drive the observability roadmap
Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of monitoring, alerting, logging, tracing, and metrics infrastructure at scale
Own the end-to-end developer experience of observability tooling
Manage and grow a small team of engineers
Partner with infrastructure, platform, and application teams
Establish and enforce best practices for instrumentation, SLOs, alert quality, and operational readiness
Evaluate emerging tools, frameworks, and approaches in the observability space
Requirements:
8+ years of technical engineering experience
At least 3 years focused on observability, monitoring, or site reliability engineering
Demonstrated expertise designing, building, and operating observability platforms at scale
Deep experience with Datadog and OpenTelemetry strongly preferred
Proven experience leading or managing a small engineering team
Strong understanding of distributed systems and micro-services architectures
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and bare-metal infrastructure
Advanced programming proficiency in at least one of Python, Go, or Java
Familiarity with C++ or low-latency systems is a strong plus
A product-oriented mindset
Exceptional communication skills
Financial sector experience (trading, prop trading, hedge funds) and familiarity with low-latency, high-reliability systems are strongly preferred
Advanced degree (MS, PhD) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field is a plus