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Senior Software Engineer - Observe by Snowflake, Metrics Platform(m/w/x)

Zürich
Full-timeOn-siteSenior
AI/ML
Data Science

Improving metrics pipeline components for an AI-powered observability platform. 5+ years backend distributed systems experience required. On-call rotation, 4-day work week.

Requirements

  • 5+ years backend distributed systems experience
  • Building and optimizing data pipelines, query engines, or storage systems
  • Strong foundations in algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems architecture
  • Rapid onboarding to complex systems and driving improvements
  • Customer-focused mindset and prioritization
  • Strong communication skills across teams
  • Experience with time-series databases (Prometheus, InfluxDB, TimescaleDB, or similar)
  • Experience with Snowflake or cloud data warehouses for query optimization
  • Prior work on observability, monitoring, or telemetry platforms
  • Familiarity with columnar storage, inverted indexes, or OLAP optimization
  • Advanced degree in Computer Science (databases or systems focus)

Tasks

  • Own and improve metrics pipeline components
  • Enhance ingestion, storage, and query execution
  • Optimize caching and system performance
  • Contribute to next-generation metrics system design
  • Design and run architectural experiments
  • Iterate quickly to validate changes
  • Investigate and resolve customer performance issues
  • Act as first responder for metrics latency issues
  • Collaborate on cross-cutting concerns
  • Work on query execution and caching
  • Contribute to pipeline architecture

Work Experience

  • 5 years

Education

  • Master's degree

Languages

  • EnglishBusiness Fluent

Tools & Technologies

  • Prometheus
  • InfluxDB
  • TimescaleDB
  • Snowflake
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