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Software Engineer, Observability

Retool

$127,500 - $234,100
Dec 8, 2025
San Francisco, CA, US
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The company is looking to improve the observability of its products and internal systems to drive value and ensure high availability, scalability, reliability, and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

  • Experience with containerization (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes), infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform) and observability (e.g. Datadog, Stackdriver, Wavefront, Grafana) stacks
  • A strong understanding of system availability, resiliency, and recoverability
  • Familiarity with TypeScript and Node.js backend development
  • Familiarity with React frontend web development
  • Experience with observability platforms and tools like Datadog, Grafana, etc.
  • 3+ years of related professional experience, 2+ years working on a mission critical platform with high-availability requirements

Responsibilities

  • Design and build observability solutions for collection, delivery, analysis, and visualization of metrics, logs, and traces
  • Work with engineers, designers, product managers and customer support to instrument and implement observability into our products and internal apps
  • Build orchestration and automation tooling around off-the-shelf solutions (e.g. Datadog, Grafana), as well as build custom solutions that meet our unique needs
  • Be involved in the development of scalable, distributed software systems that support globally distributed customer base
  • Coach and mentor other SWE; Provide leadership in iteratively defining & refining development processes as the team grows
  • Help build a great product that improves productivity of engineers across the globe by several orders of magnitude
  • Build and deploy observability solutions that make our products highly available, scalable, reliable, observable and delight our customers

Other

  • Strong organizational skills with high attention-to-detail and able to work independently with minimal supervision
  • Ability to thrive in a high-energy, high-growth, fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. Willing to learn new skills and implement new technologies
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field (not explicitly mentioned but implied)
  • Travel requirements not mentioned, but hybrid work location offered
  • Visa requirements not mentioned, but company is set up to employ roles in the US and specific roles in the UK