Hybrid Director, Observability Platform Engineering – Technical Lead

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• Job title: Director, Observability Platform Engineering – Technical Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Java, Prometheus, Python, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Merrimack, United States

About the role

• Technical Lead managing a team to deliver capabilities within Fidelity's Observability Platform. Leading design, development, and support of observability integrations with various frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead a dedicated team of software engineers responsible for delivering core platform capabilities within Fidelity’s Enterprise Observability Platform.
• Define and drive the Observability Integrations roadmap, emphasizing scalable automation, security-by-design, and enterprise readiness across a hybrid–multi-cloud environment.
• Lead the design, development, and support of enterprise-grade observability integrations with SaaS solutions such as Datadog, as well as open-source frameworks including OpenTelemetry (OTel) and Prometheus.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technology-related field (Computer Science, Engineering, etc.) or equivalent experience.
• Extensive hands-on engineering experience with Java, Go, and/or Python.
• Deep engineering experience with commercial and open-source observability platforms, including Agent lifecycle management, Agent release processes, and Platform governance.
• Experience designing, enabling, and managing observability capabilities across diverse technology stacks at enterprise scale.
• Strong understanding of observability patterns and practices, including Distributed tracing, Metrics and logs pipelines, Synthetics, and Real User Monitoring (browser and mobile).

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities