Senior Product Engineer - Backend

About us

Imagine a world where observability is... well, easy. That's what we're building at Dash0. We're not just another observability company – we're a team of passionate experts who are obsessed with making observability accessible and delightful for every developer.

We are OpenTelemetry native, ensuring seamless interoperability within modern observability ecosystems, and our “welcome present” to the OpenTelemetry community, OTelBin, a free tool for editing, visualization and validation of OpenTelemetry collector configurations, is being extremely well received by the community.

We're looking for a Senior Product Engineer to join our awesome team and help us build the best observability tool out there. You'll be working with cutting-edge tech and collaborating closely with product and design to create a truly user-friendly experience.

Think you've got what it takes to shape the future of observability? Keep reading!

Your role in Dash0

At Dash0, you'll be a vital part of our engineering team, responsible for developing, testing, and supporting our SaaS product. Your mission? To create a seamless and polished experience that delights our customers.

You'll work closely with your fellow engineers and product managers to design and implement new features, always seeking opportunities to improve and enhance Dash0. Your insights and ideas will be key to making our product even more intuitive and user-friendly.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure quality code: You'll write a variety of tests, from unit and integration tests to performance tests, to guarantee the stability and reliability of Dash0.

• Think beyond the code: You'll consider the operational aspects of our product, ensuring it runs smoothly, is easy to maintain, and provides the right observability signals for monitoring.

• Optimize for performance: You'll focus on improving the performance and stability of our backend components, ensuring a seamless and responsive experience for our customers. This includes finding ways to optimize data storage and retrieval for maximum efficiency.

• Share your knowledge: You'll actively contribute to documentation, share your expertise with the team, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Be a customer advocate: You'll work directly with customers and Customer Success team to troubleshoot issues, answer questions, and ensure they have a positive experience with Dash0.

About you

You're a passionate and pragmatic software engineer with a knack for building exceptional backend applications. You have:

• A deep understanding of what it takes to build high quality and performant solutions and a strong product sense.

• Hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies and a track record of managing production applications.

• Mastery of either Go or Java (and some previous contact with the other).

• Extensive knowledge of various storage solutions, including ClickHouse (ideally), and an understanding of their strengths and weaknesses.

Ideally, you also have:

• Experience using or developing observability solutions.

• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and/or Prometheus.

• Experience optimizing storage solutions for performance, collaborating with SRE teams.

And you:

• Hit the ground running and value autonomy, but you also know when to reach out for support. 

• Are an effective communicator who values documentation and knowledge sharing.

• Are eager to learn, challenge yourself, and contribute to the growth of Dash0 and your teammates.

• Are looking forward to participating in the OpenTelemetry community, sharing your insights at conferences, and contributing to the broader observability ecosystem.

What we offer

• Competitive salary & equity package.

• Fully remote company and a flexible work environment.

• Quarterly come-togethers in Europe for fun, team-building and discussions.

• Collaborative and supportive team culture.