Senior Backend Engineer (m/f/d) – Go, OpenTelemetry & Data Pipelines

Your tasks

• Design and build backend services for telemetry ingestion via OTLP and Prometheus remote write
• Develop Obseria Pipeline: filtering, PII masking, enrichment and routing of data streams
• Build and maintain APIs, the CLI backend and the MCP server for coding agents
• Make services observable, resilient and cost-efficient: profiling, load tests, SLOs
• Run what you build on Kubernetes in the cloud, with CI/CD and infrastructure as code
• Contribute to open-source projects such as OpenTelemetry where it makes sense

Your profile

• Several years of professional backend development, ideally with Go (Rust or Java is also welcome)
• Experience with distributed systems, message queues or streaming (e.g. Kafka) and databases
• Good knowledge of Kubernetes, containers and at least one major cloud
• Interest in observability; experience with OpenTelemetry or Prometheus is a strong plus
• Pragmatic, quality-conscious and comfortable with code reviews and testing
• Very good English, German is a plus

What we offer

• Technically demanding work on a product built on open standards
• Real ownership of central components and short decision paths
• Flexible working hours and remote work within Germany
• Modern hardware and the tools you need
• Time and budget for conferences, training and open-source work
• Permanent employment

How to apply

1. Send us your application using the form below. A CV is enough, a short message helps.
2. We get back to you personally, usually within one week.
3. First conversation (video call, about 45 minutes), then a meeting with the team.
4. If it fits on both sides, you receive an offer.