Observability Development (PID0645)

This is a remote position.

Observability Development (PID0645) ESL | Contract / Freelance

• Contract / Freelance
  
• Full-time
  
• Remote with travel readiness required (Germany)
  
• Start: 01.07.2026
  

About the role

We are seeking a Middle-level Observability Developer to join the ESL Product Line of a large internal platform programme in the energy sector. You will develop Go-based modules for a multi-tenant private cloud environment, contributing to the centralised observability services that underpin the platform's telemetry, monitoring and alerting capabilities.

What you'll be doing

• Developing Go-based modules for a multi-tenant environment, implementing functionalities for resource allocation, service initiation and process termination
  
• Writing and executing functional tests to verify correctness and performance of modules
  
• Contributing to end-to-end testing for integration and overall functionality
  
• Engaging in debugging and troubleshooting to maintain system reliability
  
• Participating in code reviews to maintain coding standards and overall code quality
  
• Creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test and deployment processes
  

Requirements

What you'll need

• Minimum 3 years of software development experience in Go, C/C++ or Python, with significant experience building RESTful services in distributed environments; willingness to use Go exclusively for core component development
  
• Deep experience in operational workflows and observability across the telemetry data lifecycle in cloud environments
  
• Strong system programming skills including low-level interactions, memory management and performance optimisation
  
• Thorough knowledge of containerisation and Kubernetes, including CRDs, CRs, packaging and deployment customisation
  
• Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Jenkins, Tekton, Argo Workflows and Argo CD
  
• Experience with GitOps/IaC practices
  
• Experience with common hyperscalers including GCP
  
• Experience writing and maintaining unit and integration tests within automated test frameworks
  
• Strong understanding of networking concepts including protocols, load balancing and security
  
• Fluent English (C1 minimum)
  

Desirable

• Project experience with observability tools including Grafana, Loki, Mimir, Prometheus and OpenTelemetry Collector, from both usage and setup/configuration perspectives
  

Benefits