Software Engineer - Telemetry and Data APIs

At SolarWinds, we prioritize people and aim to enhance the lives of our employees, customers, shareholders, partners, and communities. Our mission is to assist customers in accelerating business transformation through simple, powerful, and secure solutions. We seek an ideal candidate who excels in an innovative, fast-paced setting, values collaboration, accountability, readiness, and empathy. We are in search of individuals who believe in achieving more as a team and fostering sustained growth for themselves and others. Our hiring criteria are based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are poised to enhance our world-class solutions in a dynamic environment and are ready to lead with purpose. If you are eager to advance your career with an outstanding team, SolarWinds is the place for you to thrive and progress. The Observability Platform team at SolarWinds is responsible for constructing the foundational APIs and services that drive our next-generation observability products. As a part of the Telemetry and Data APIs team, you will play a key role in developing the core APIs that focus on data retrieval and analysis within our platform. **Your Role:** As a Software Engineer within the Telemetry and Data APIs team, you will influence how SolarWinds teams access data from our platform. Your primary tasks will involve constructing scalable solutions to address our most complex technical challenges, emphasizing ease of use and sustainability, particularly in the realm of data retrieval, querying, and analysis. **Your Impact:** - Design and implement high-performance APIs to facilitate efficient querying of vast amounts of telemetry data points - Architect solutions to assist customers in extracting valuable insights from intricate observability data - Lead technical endeavors to enhance query performance, data accessibility, and response time - Develop adaptable data models to support various customer use cases and visualization requirements - Collaborate with product teams to establish user-friendly data access patterns that align with evolving customer demands - Provide mentorship to junior engineers regarding API design and best practices for data retrieval **Your Experience:** We acknowledge that the ideal candidate may not perfectly match a checklist on paper. If you are enthusiastic about developing scalable data retrieval systems and possess experience with some (but not all) of the technologies mentioned below, we encourage you to apply. We value diverse viewpoints, a thirst for learning, and the ability to solve intricate problems over meeting every requirement precisely. - Demonstrated proficiency in crafting robust software solutions using Java, Kotlin, Go, or similar languages - Experience in designing and constructing scalable APIs using technologies like GraphQL and REST - Previous engagement with observability products and comprehension of their distinct data prerequisites - Hands-on familiarity with graph databases for storing and querying complex relationship data - Practical knowledge of time-series databases and their optimization strategies for telemetry data - Applied comprehension of statistical concepts in the context of data analysis and visualization - Demonstrated ability to balance technical excellence with practical solutions in a fast-paced environment We believe in empowering our team members to make a significant difference. If you are enthusiastic about crafting exceptional developer experiences and are eager to contribute to shaping the future of observability, we are excited to connect with you. *All applications are handled in accordance with the SolarWinds Privacy Notice: [SolarWinds Privacy Notice](https://www.solarwinds.com/applicant-privacy-notice)*,