Staff Backend Engineer - Core

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

As a Staff Backend Engineer focusing on alerts, you’ll design and build scalable, reliable alerting features for SigNoz’s open‑source observability platform. The role demands deep Go expertise, distributed‑systems experience, and the ability to drive end‑to‑end initiatives in a remote‑first, high‑ownership environment.

Role Snapshot

• Senior backend engineer
• Go (Golang) specialist
• Alerting module ownership
• Distributed systems experience
• Remote‑first work style
• High‑ownership mindset

Must-Have Requirements

• Go (Golang)
• Concurrency (locks, channels)
• Distributed systems design
• API design & implementation
• Go development
• Concurrency
• Distributed systems

Nice-to-Have Signals

• Open‑source contributions
• Integration with JIRA, incident.io
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, ClickHouse, Kubernetes
• Observability domain
• observability

Work Setup

• Location: India
• Work mode: REMOTE
• Remote scope: UNSPECIFIED
• Remote countries: India
• Employment type: Full-Time

Eligibility Gates

• Visa sponsorship: unknown

Not Specified in JD

• Visa sponsorship
• Salary range
• Remote eligibility
• Education requirement
• Certifications
• Relocation
• Notice period
• Travel
• Security clearance
• Coding test
• Portfolio
• GitHub
• Writing sample
• Cover letter

What You'll Likely Work On

• Build robust, scalable alert features for the SigNoz platform
• Create integrations with external incident‑management tools such as JIRA and incident.io
• Design and implement core backend services and APIs in Go
• Ensure high reliability and performance of thousands of concurrent alerts
• Drive initiatives from problem discovery through design, implementation, and rollout
• Write clear technical documentation and articulate trade‑offs to the team

Good Fit If You Have

• Passionate about open‑source and has contributed to OSS projects
• Thrives in fast‑moving, remote‑first environments
• Strong written communication for tech docs and stakeholder discussions