Staff Software Engineer - Agent Observability (Galileo)

Job Description

Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of scalable backend systems for AI agent observability, tracing, evaluation, metrics, and control, from technical planning through production deployment. Write production code, guide and mentor engineers, make architectural decisions, collaborate across teams, and support production reliability through an on-call rotation.

Requirements: Requires a bachelor’s degree with at least 8 years of related experience, a master’s degree with at least 6 years, or equivalent practical experience, plus 8 or more years developing production backend services in Python and/or Go. Candidates must have experience leading complex technical delivery and designing scalable, high-throughput distributed systems, backend architectures, and APIs; AI/ML, observability, streaming data, and cross-team leadership experience are preferred.

Key Skills: Python, Go, Backend Software Development, Distributed Systems, API Design, System Architecture, AI Observability, Distributed Tracing, Multimodal Evaluation, Generative AI, Large Language Models, Agentic Applications, Telemetry Processing, Kafka, ClickHouse, OpenTelemetry

Benefits: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, 401(k) Matching, Paid Parental Leave, Short-Term Disability Coverage, Long-Term Disability Coverage, Life Insurance, Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Birthday Leave, Year-End Holiday Shutdown, Personal Wellness Leave, Paid Vacation, Sick Leave, Family Emergency Leave, Paid Volunteer Days, Annual Bonuses, Restricted Stock Units