Forter Senior Engineer Observability 

United Kingdom, England, London 

437109648

What you'll be doing:

• Collaborate on Observability Systems : Help design, build, and maintain Forter’s observability, monitoring, and alerting systems, ensuring they meet the needs of over 150 engineers across 20+ teams. They are integral to maintaining high availability (five-nines SLA) and improving our Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR).
• Work alongside another senior engineer to help us complete our migration from our existing ELK stack to our new, more scalable platform that helps engineers easily track and resolve issues, driving faster recovery times and reducing friction. They include Prometheus, Mimir, Grafana , Honeycomb , Loki and Quickwit .
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to level up their observability, and make the most of the platform we offer with a long-term, sustainable focus.
• Help create a culture of continuous learning both inside and outside the team by leading by example, sharing knowledge, and contributing to team-wide discussions on improving processes and technology.

What you'll need:

• 4+ years of experience in the relevant filed
• You are self-driven , with a passion for building high-quality, sustainable software and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment in a sustainable manner.
• You’re an effective communicator , able to explain complex technical issues and collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders in person and remotely.
• You’re always looking for ways to improve processes and optimise systems, and you understand the balance between short-term goals and long-term impact.
• You have a growth mindset , embracing challenges as opportunities to learn and develop, both personally and as part of the team.
• Collaboration & Pair Programming : Comfortable working in a collaborative environment, especially with pair programming or code reviews, to share knowledge and ensure the team is aligned.
• Experience with Observability Tools : Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting systems such as Prometheus , Mimir , Grafana , ELK , Honeycomb , Loki , Quickwit or similar.
• Development Background : Experience building and monitoring systems using modern programming languages (e.g. Python, Java, JavaScript, Ruby ).
• Cloud Infrastructure & Orchestration : Extensive experience working with AWS , Terraform , Kubernetes , or other cloud platforms and container orchestration tools.

It would be cool if you have:

• Experience with Observability-Driven Development (ODD).
• Experience designing and scaling monitoring and alerting infrastructure for distributed systems, ideally in Kubernetes and AWS.
• Familiarity with distributed tracing (e.g. OpenTelemetry).
• Experience with cost optimisation strategies for observability tools and infrastructure.
• Knowledge of microservices architectures and how to monitor complex, interdependent services.
• Experience with SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) principles and practices.
• Contributions to open-source projects in observability, monitoring, or related areas.