Senior Backend Software Engineer (Observability)

Nebius
Amsterdam +1 more
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior engineers with distributed systems expertise who prioritize observability in cloud infrastructure. Strong fit for Golang developers comfortable with remote collaboration across Europe.

Best fit for

  • Senior engineers who thrive on scaling telemetry systems for cloud platforms.
    — “build and scale the core services behind this platform
  • Golang practitioners or fast learners willing to adopt it for high-volume systems.
    — “Strong knowledge of Golang or willingness to quickly switch to it
  • Problem-solvers who enjoy AI-assisted troubleshooting in distributed environments.
    — “new ways to help engineers make sense of operational data, including AI-assisted troubleshooting

Things to consider

  • Must be authorized to work in the country where applying without visa sponsorship.
    — “Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply
  • Role spans multiple layers from Kubernetes to customer workloads.
    — “every layer of the stack — from developer tooling and CI/CD pipelines to Kubernetes, managed services, databases, networking, and customer workloads

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate contributions to open-source observability tools like Prometheus or OpenTelemetry.
    — “contributing to observability platforms, telemetry systems, or related open-source projects
  • Highlight production experience with ClickHouse for time-series data.
    — “Experience using ClickHouse in production
  • Showcase incidents where you diagnosed complex distributed system failures.
    — “Ability to troubleshoot complex production issues
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • building and scaling the core services behind the observability platform
  • high-volume telemetry ingestion
  • distributed storage
  • query engines
  • alerting pipelines
Typical background
5+ years of professional software engineering experiencebachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field

Skills & requirements

Required

GoDistributed Backend SystemsSoftware ReliabilityScalabilityPerformanceTelemetry IngestionDistributed StorageQuery EnginesAlerting PipelinesAi-assisted Troubleshooting

Preferred

ClickhousePrometheusGrafanaLokiJaegerOpentelemetryVictoriametricsMimirTempo

Stack & domain

GoDistributed Backend SystemsSoftware ReliabilityScalabilityPerformanceTroubleshootingTelemetry SystemsPrometheusGrafanaLokiJaegerOpentelemetryVictoriametricsMimirTempoClickhouseTeamworkCommunicationProblem-solvingBackend DevelopmentObservability

About the role

Original posting from Nebius

About Nebius:

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.

Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.

Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D.

The role 

We are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our Observability Platform team in Amsterdam or remotely. Building a reliable and profitable cloud platform is impossible without world-class observability. It spans every layer of the stack — from developer tooling and CI/CD pipelines to Kubernetes, managed services, databases, networking, and customer workloads. Our mission is to provide a unified ecosystem for logs, metrics, traces, alerting, and troubleshooting that enables engineers to understand and operate systems at scale. You will build and scale the core services behind this platform, working on high-volume telemetry ingestion, distributed storage, query engines, alerting pipelines, and new ways to help engineers make sense of operational data, including AI-assisted troubleshooting. 

We expect you to have: 

5+ years of professional software engineering experience

Strong knowledge of Golang or willingness to quickly switch to it

Experience building distributed backend systems

Solid understanding of software reliability, scalability, and performance

Ability to troubleshoot complex production issues

Teamwork-oriented approach and strong communication skills

It would be an added bonus if you had: 

Experience building or contributing to observability platforms, telemetry systems, or related open-source projects such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, VictoriaMetrics, Mimir, Tempo, or similar technologies

Experience using ClickHouse in production

Benefits & Perks:

Competitive compensation

Career growth and learning opportunities

Flexibility and ownership

Collaborative and innovative culture

Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects

International environment and talented teams

What's it like to work at Nebius:

Fast moving - Bold thinking - Constant growth - Meaningful impact - Trust and real ownership - Opportunity to shape the future of AI 

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Nebius is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility as a condition of hire. 

If you need accommodations during the application process, please let us know.

Source: Nebius careers

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