Senior Backend Software Engineer (Observability)
Nebius · Amsterdam, Netherlands
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Nebius's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 9% of Nebius's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Nebius
- high 369 stale, 17 reposted of 384 open
- Hiring momentum
- 508 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Nebius's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Nebius.
About this role
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer on the Observability Platform team at Nebius, you will focus on building and scaling core services for a cloud platform that emphasizes observability. Your work will involve high-volume telemetry ingestion, distributed storage, and alerting pipelines, helping engineers understand and operate systems effectively. You'll collaborate with a team to enhance the platform's capabilities, including AI-assisted troubleshooting.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Nebius as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong knowledge of Golang or willingness to quickly switch to it
- Experience building distributed backend systems
- Solid understanding of software reliability, scalability, and performance
- Ability to troubleshoot complex production issues
- Teamwork-oriented approach and strong communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience building or contributing to observability platforms, telemetry systems, or related open-source projects such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, VictoriaMetrics, Mimir, Tempo, or similar technologies
- Experience using ClickHouse in production
What you get
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- Flexibility and ownership
- Collaborative and innovative culture
- Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
- International environment and talented teams
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Role involves working with complex observability systems which may require a steep learning curve for those unfamiliar with the technologies mentioned.
- The position allows for remote work, which may appeal to a wider range of candidates.
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Listed by Nebius on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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