Senior Observability Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer (Observability) Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE (Relocation support provided) 🇦🇪 Salary: 30,000 – 40,000 AED per month Join a fast-growing cybersecurity scale-up in Abu Dhabi as a Senior Software Engineer (Observability) and own the observability layer behind a global identity platform. You’ll build and run the telemetry backbone (metrics, logs, traces) across cloud, on-prem, and air-gapped Kubernetes environments. The goal is a consistent, vendor-neutral setup that works everywhere without per-environment tweaks. You’ll make sure every service is observable from day one, with solid instrumentation, correlation, and alerting. You’ll also set the standards and defaults that make observability a built-in part of the platform, not an afterthought. Required Experience: • 8+ years of JVM-based production engineering experience (Java 17/21, Spring Boot) • Strong hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry in Java, including SDK/agent instrumentation, Collector pipelines, OTLP, and distributed context propagation • Experience building or operating vendor-neutral observability systems across cloud, on-prem, and air-gapped environments • Strong understanding of observability as a product: defining SLIs/SLOs, working backwards from SLAs, and designing actionable alerting and error budgets • Experience with New Relic (or similar tools), including instrumentation, dashboards, alerting, and OTEL-based integrations • Proven track record building shared observability frameworks or instrumentation libraries used across multiple teams • Strong Kubernetes expertise with portable observability across AWS, GCP, Azure, and bare metal • End-to-end ownership of systems including production support and on-call responsibility • Ability to turn telemetry insights into engineering standards, defaults, and reusable platform components What’s in it for you? • Ownership of key platform decisions, driving the growth and scale of critical products • Opportunity to shape complex application and infrastructure at scale • High autonomy within a technically strong, collaborative engineering culture • Benefits include Visa & health insurance (for you and your family), and annual flight ticket • Relocation package: flights and one month accommodation on arrival (for you and your family) Why Relocate to the UAE? Abu Dhabi offers an exceptional lifestyle with tax-free income, year-round sun, and a high standard of living. Ranked as the second safest country in the world, making it an ideal location for individuals and families seeking long-term stability. The UAE has become a major hub for innovation, driven by significant investment attracting some of the most innovative start-ups and scale-ups from across the globe. If this sounds like you, please apply with your latest CV and we will be in touch to discuss the role further! Show more Show less

8+ years of JVM-based production engineering experience (Java 17/21, Spring Boot); strong hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry in Java, including SDK/agent instrumentation, Collector pipelines, OTLP, and distributed context propagation; experience building or operating vendor-neutral observability systems across cloud, on-prem, and air-gapped environments; strong understanding of observability as a product: defining SLIs/SLOs, working backwards from SLAs, and designing actionable alerting and error budgets; experience with New Relic (or similar tools), including instrumentation, dashboards, alerting, and OTEL-based integrations; proven track record building shared observability frameworks or instrumentation libraries used across multiple teams; strong Kubernetes expertise with portable observability across AWS, GCP, Azure, and bare metal; end-to-end ownership of systems including production support and on-call responsibility; ability to turn telemetry insights into engineering standards, defaults, and reusable platform components

Own the observability layer behind a global identity platform. Build and run the telemetry backbone (metrics, logs, traces) across cloud, on-prem, and air-gapped Kubernetes environments with a vendor-neutral setup. Ensure every service is observable from day one through solid instrumentation, correlation, and alerting. Set standards and defaults to make observability a built-in part of the platform, not an afterthought.