Senior Software Engineer I - OTel

As a Senior Software Engineer-I at Sumo Logic, you will be part of the Open Source/Open Telemetry Collector team, working on designing and implementing features for a robust OpenTelemetry collection engine. Your responsibilities will include: - Designing and implementing features for an extremely robust and lean OpenTelemetry collection engine. - Demonstrating good hands-on understanding of Kubernetes and the ability to quickly diagnose and resolve complex issues in a production environment. - Writing robust code with unit and integration tests. - Contributing to the upstream OpenTelemetry project. - Analyzing and improving the efficiency, scalability, and reliability of backend systems. - Working as a team member to respond quickly and effectively to business needs. - Having experience with CI and on-call production support. As for the qualifications required for this role, you should have: - A B.Tech, M.Tech, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related discipline. - 5-8 years of industry experience with a proven track record of ownership. - Experience with GoLang or other statically typed languages such as Java, Scala, or C++. Willingness to learn GoLang if you don't have the experience. - Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment. - Understanding of the performance characteristics of commonly used data structures like maps, lists, and trees. - Demonstrated ability to learn quickly, solve problems, and adapt to new technologies. Additionally, the following qualifications are nice to have: - Contributing to an open-source project, preferably open-source telemetry collection. - Familiarity with the monitoring/observability space. - Working experience with GitHub Actions or other CI pipelines. - A GitHub account with recent activity and contributions to open source projects. - Experience in multi-threaded programming and distributed systems is highly desirable. - Comfortable working with Unix-type operating systems like Linux, OS X. - Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, etc. - Agile software development experience (test-driven development, iterative, and incremental development). Sumo Logic, Inc. empowers the people who power modern, digital business by providing reliable and secure cloud-native applications through its Sumo Logic SaaS Analytics Log Platform. Customers worldwide rely on Sumo Logic for powerful real-time analytics and insights across observability and security solutions for their cloud-native applications. To learn more, visit www.sumologic.com.,