Senior Software Engineer - Observability Platform

<p><b>Job Description</b></p><p>Join us in building an extraordinary observability platform and help us continue to encourage and develop the builders of tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>We seek an innovative software engineer to join our outstanding Observability Platform (OP) team of highly skilled engineers – Brave engineers with a mission to improve developer efficiency in our digital organization, so we can reach even more kids with a digital experience – and have an upbeat experience ourselves along the path!</p><p></p><h2><b>Core Responsibilities</b></h2><p>We are seeking an experienced and groundbreaking Senior Observability Platform Engineer. To take a leading role in the design, implementation and maintenance of a unified observability platform, ensuring seamless integration with existing tools and systems.</p><ul><li>Collaborate with multi-functional teams and collaborators to understand observability needs and deliver tailored solutions that improve system visibility and performance.</li><li>Develop and implement standard methodologies for monitoring, logging, and alerting across the organization.</li><li>Drive automation initiatives to improve observability processes and reduce manual intervention.</li><li>Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of learning and innovation.</li><li>Solve and resolve sophisticated issues related to observability systems and tools.</li><li>Stay align with industry trends and emerging technologies, driving improvements to our observability strategy and platform.</li></ul><p></p><h2><b>Play your part in our team succeeding </b></h2><p>The position is part of the larger Developer Experience and Cloud Foundation area, providing product teams in the LEGO Group with foundational capabilities for developing, deploying, and operating IT solutions. As an engineer in OP, you will be part of a team that builds the next generation of our "developer experience and productivity platform".</p><p></p><p>In OP we strive to find the balance between reducing cognitive load with architecture guidelines and platforms and on the other side empowering developers to be in control of their code and architectures. This platform will integrate technologies like Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, ELK, Zabbix, and PagerDuty, providing comprehensive observability services to all product teams within the LEGO Group. As a senior member of the team, this position will play a key role in shaping our observability strategy and ensuring our systems are reliable, scalable, and efficient.</p><p></p><p>The team is based in the new LEGO® Digital Office in Copenhagen, offering an exciting, inspiring, and flexible work environment – and a little fun play as well!</p><p></p><h2><b>Do you have what it takes? </b></h2><p>Preferably applicants for this role have several years of extensive experience in designing and managing observability platforms using Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, ELK, Zabbix, PagerDuty or similar technologies. Preferred candidates hold a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or have equivalent working experience.</p><ul><li>Deep understanding of monitoring, logging, tracing and alerting standard processes and technologies.</li><li>Very good understanding of SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) standard processes.</li><li>Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Bash, or similar languages).</li><li>Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) is highly desirable.</li><li>Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with a proven track record of leading successful projects.</li></ul><p></p><p>Good skills in written and spoken English, as well as ability to work collaborative and effectively in a team-oriented environment, also together with outside partners.</p><p></p><p><b>Please note:</b> If you require any reasonable accommodations or adjustments throughout the application process, please let us know. We will work with you to meet your needs.</p><p></p><p>Relocation support is not offered for this role.</p><p>#LI-JT1</p><p></p><p>Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.</p><p></p><p></p><p><b>What’s in it for you?</b></p><p></p><p>Here is what you can expect:</p><p></p><p><b>Family Care Leave</b> - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.</p><p></p><p><b>Insurances</b> – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.</p><p></p><p><b>Wellbeing</b> - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.</p><p></p><p><b><span>Colleague Discount</span></b