Principal Observability & Performance Engineer
Location
Greater London, England
Job Type
Full-time
Category
other-general
Posted
June 21, 2026
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements:
- Hands‑on software engineering experience building observability or data‑pipeline applications, including metrics aggregation, distributed tracing, or real‑time streaming
- Proficiency in at least one systems‑level language such as C++, Go, or Rust, and one scripting or application language such as Python, Java, or TypeScript
- Experience with OpenTelemetry SDKs, collectors, and schema conventions for instrumentation and telemetry export
- Familiarity with SLI/SLO concepts, especially for latency‑sensitive or market data systems
- Experience building and operating custom synthetic monitoring solutions at scale, including lightweight agents distributed across geographically diverse sites
- Experience working in cloud‑native, containerised, and Kubernetes environments, including deploying and operating services at scale