Offer summary

Qualifications:

2+ years of experience managing a development team in a production environment., 5+ years of backend development experience in Java, Kotlin, Scala, or Go, with expertise in microservices., Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in a global team., Familiarity with OpenSearch, cloud infrastructure, and containerization technologies is a plus..

Key responsibilities:

Lead a global team of 4-5 backend developers managing customer data storage in a multi-tenant architecture.

Design and enhance the backend architecture to address high-scale data processing challenges.

Collaborate with various teams to explore diverse technologies and domains.

Ensure core components utilize the latest technologies for optimal performance, stability, and security.

Job description

At Logz.io, we’re redefining observability with AI. Our Open 360™ Observability Platform transforms observability from a high-cost burden into a smarter, faster, and easier way to troubleshoot faster, reduce risk, and optimize costs.

Engineering teams rely on Logz.io to quickly detect, understand, and resolve issues across their distributed environments—without the complexity or cost of traditional solutions. With AI-powered insights, automation, and a seamless experience across logs, metrics, and traces, we help teams move faster and innovate with confidence.

We’re building the future of observability, and we’re looking for passionate, driven individuals to join us. If you’re excited about solving complex engineering challenges, shaping the next generation of AI-powered observability, and making an impact—come build with us!

The Role

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Team Lead to elevate our Telemetry Storage team to new heights. This team is at the core of Logz.io’s mission, managing the large-scale, multi-tenant data stores that power our observability platform—OpenSearch and Thanos. These open-source technologies form the backbone of our product, and the team is dedicated to tackling the challenges of scaling and evolving them effectively.

As a Team Lead, you will drive innovation in areas such as automation, performance optimization, and system scalability. You’ll lead a multinational team of skilled backend developers, fostering collaboration and creativity while championing our values of technical excellence and a customer-centric mindset. This role offers the unique opportunity to shape the direction of critical infrastructure, ensuring it delivers value to customers and drives broader organizational innovation and success.

Responsibilities:

Lead a global team of 4-5 experienced backend developers to manage the core components of customer data storage within a large-scale, multi-tenant architecture.

Design and extend the foundational architecture of our backend stack, addressing challenges in high-scale data processing.

Work closely with various teams across the organization, exploring a wide range of technologies and domains.

Ensure core components leverage the latest technologies to maximize system performance and utilization, while keeping the highest standards of stability and security.

Requirements:

2+ years of experience in managing a development team, driving production environment workloads

5+ years of hands-on professional experience in Java/Kotlin/Scala/Go backend development with deep expertise in microservices environments

Self-motivated, quick learner, proactive and a true team player with no less than excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in a global company

Excellent English both verbal and written

It would be amazing if you have prior experience with specifically:

Opensearch/Elasticsearch, Timeseries Databases (Prometheus, Thanos, VictoriaMetrics…)

Cloud Infrastructure (preferably AWS), Automation & Operations, Observability

Experience with Docker & K8s

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