Senior Software Engineer - Observability

At Viaplay Group we entertain millions of people every day through our streaming services radio networks and TV channels. We believe in the power of content not just as a way of telling stories and touching lives but also expanding worlds.

Were looking for the best people to join us on our journey. Right now were searching for a Senior Software Engineer Observabilityin our Stockholmoffice are you ready to hit play on an exciting career change

The role

Were looking for a Senior Software Engineer within observability to manage and implement bestinclass observability tooling and metrics that drive Quality of Service across the Viaplay platform.

To thrive in this role you enjoy taking a leading role evangelize and advocate for a sustainable and measurable observability suite. This is a handson role in which you will use bestofbreed observability systems and tooling whilst also ensuring that everything we build and deploy works across our platform stack.

Viaplay is in the forefront of the streaming industry offering both VOD and Live Sports content which means that the stakes are constantly high since customers count on a stable and uninterrupted viewing experience. We need to constantly develop our Observability suite with the overarching aim of becoming more proactive and automated.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain telemetry ingest pipeline

• Support observability usage

• Provide a longterm observability vision

• Evangelize and advocate for a sustainable and measurable observability in terms of developer lead time teams deliveries and customer satisfaction

• Run training sessions for various roles across the company

• Review and improve the observability platform

What were looking for

We understand you may feel confident ticking certain boxes more than others and thats why we always keep an open mind in our recruitment process. But in order to thrive in this role we do believe youll have at least some experience in the following:

• Experience working with observability in general and OpenTelemetry specifically
• A team player who is approachable and likes networking across the organization
• Proficient writing and provision infrastructure with Terraform
• Indepth knowledge in AWS
• Indepth knowledge in Splunk or equivalent observability cloud providers
• Experience with backend development in Go NodeJS and Python
• Experience working with frontend and/or native app development

What we offer you

• Weve got you covered! 30 days of paid vacation every yearan attractive pension and insurance scheme and generous parental leave pay lift.
• Your wellbeing matters. We provide you with various wellbeing initiatives includingwellness allowance.
• A safe space to grow and upskill. Our learning culture puts you in the drivers seat of your own development.
• An innovative environment with Hack Days once a year. This weeklong initiative allows you to think outside the box and deliver creative technical solutions that (more often than not) go on to be implemented either in our product or our ways of working.
• Entertainment is what we love and entertainment is what we do. So unlimited access to Viaplay seems only fair for you to get to know the product including serier & viewing events new release movie rentals linear channels and more.

Hit play today

If this feels like your kind of challenge make sure you apply by attaching your CV here you may also want to add your LinkedIn profile. Please dont send us your application via email because we wont be able to accept it. We do however welcome any questions you may have about this particular position.

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