Data Platform Observability Engineer

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Job Summary: We are seeking a Data Platform Observability Engineer to design and evolve the observability strategy for data platforms and applications, with a strong focus on Datadog and AWS. Key Highlights: 1. Design and evolution of business-oriented observability strategies. 2. Close collaboration with technical and business teams. 3. Focus on data quality and platform-wide perspective. About the Team At Glintt Next, we are looking to bring onboard a Data Platform Observability Engineer for the Moeve team to strengthen our Functional Observability team. As a Data Platform Observability Engineer, your day-to-day work will focus on designing, instrumenting, and evolving the observability strategy for data platforms and applications—blending technical and functional metrics with a clear business orientation. You will work primarily with Datadog, instrumenting applications to collect metrics, traces, and structured logs, and defining SLIs, SLOs, and functional KPIs to objectively measure service health and performance. You will closely collaborate with technical and business teams to translate functional requirements into actionable metrics, design high-level business-oriented dashboards, and ensure robust observability across AWS environments—providing a cross-cutting platform and data perspective within a complex, high-impact technology context. How do we envision you? * Strongly oriented toward observability and metrics—not just pure operations. * Comfortable working with both technical and business teams, helping translate functional needs into metrics and SLOs. * Analytical mindset, focused on data quality and platform-wide vision. * Proactive, autonomous, and capable of proposing improvements to the observability strategy. What We’re Looking For * Hands-on, real-world experience with Datadog, especially: + Datadog APM + Custom Metrics + Distributed Tracing * Experience instrumenting applications for both functional and technical metrics using Datadog. * Use of logs as a source of metrics (CloudWatch and/or metric generation in Datadog). * Solid knowledge of SLI and SLO definition, and ability to guide functional KPI definition jointly with business stakeholders. * Strong AWS proficiency. * Instrumentation capability in: + Python (mandatory) + TypeScript and Java (desirable) * Familiarity with OpenTelemetry (desirable). * Advanced Datadog SDK usage (mandatory). * Experience with structured logging. * Design and construction of high-level, business-oriented dashboards. Desirable Qualifications * Experience with Grafana, especially visualization. * Experience with inter-service traffic control. * Knowledge of Power BI for visualization. * Experience gathering business requirements for SLO definition. ### **What Will You Find at Glintt Next?** * Fixed salary + bonus * Exceptional work environment * Career development plan tailored to your competencies * Flexible compensation card * Private, fully covered medical insurance * 23 vacation days * 100% remote work with flexible hours Who Are We? We are Glintt Global, a leading consulting and technology services company in the Iberian Peninsula, with over 30 years of experience. Our mission is to positively impact people’s quality of life through innovation, technology, knowledge, and the ambition that defines us. This is our commitment! Discover more about Global Culture | Glintt Global. Do you consider yourself the ideal candidate for this role? What are you waiting for? Don’t waste any more time—apply now and be happy on this adventure!