Lead C++ Engineer with Observability

We are seeking a Lead C++ Engineer with Observability to lead the observability implementation. This role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, ensuring customer experience, system reliability and operational insight are measurable and embedded throughout the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate will bring significant experience from low-latency trading, market data or other high-performance distributed systems, with a strong C++ background and a track record of building production monitoring, telemetry and operational tooling at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead observability implementation across the software development lifecycle
• Ensure customer experience, system reliability and operational insight are measurable and embedded
• Build and operate large-scale monitoring, observability or control platforms
• Establish standards and drive adoption of observability best practices
• Engage with development teams to deliver telemetry and operational tooling
• Implement metrics, tracing, logging, profiling and telemetry pipelines
• Drive customer-experience measurement for latency-sensitive market data systems
• Influence engineering teams to align on observability outcomes

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in observability engineering, including metrics, tracing and logging
• Expertise in profiling and telemetry pipelines
• Understanding of customer-experience measurement for latency-sensitive market data systems
• Background in building and operating large-scale monitoring, observability or control platforms
• Proficiency in C++ engineering and ability to engage effectively with development teams
• Skills in OpenTelemetry, eBPF and GitOps
• Competency in API-driven automation and CI/CD-integrated observability practices
• Familiarity with cloud-native, Kubernetes and distributed systems architectures
• Proven ability to influence engineering teams and establish standards
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher

Nice to have

• Background in trading or market-making
• Familiarity with exchange connectivity
• Knowledge of market data environments

We offer

• Engineering community of industry professionals
• Friendly team and enjoyable working environment
• Flexible schedule and opportunity to work remotely within Poland
• Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually
• Business-driven relocation opportunities
• Outstanding career roadmap
• Leadership development, career advising, soft skills and well-being programs
• Certification (GCP, Azure, AWS)
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, Get Abstract, Cloud Guru
• English classes
• Stable income (Employment Contract or B2B)
• Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers)
• Strategically located offices with entertainment and relaxation zones
• Referral bonuses
• Corporate, social and well-being events

Please note: The set of bonuses might vary based on the role. We will reach out to selected candidates exclusively.