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SalaryAt Displayr, our mission is to make it easier for everyone to find and share the stories in their data. We do this by creating software that makes it easy to do all aspects of data analysis and reporting, from simple tables to machine learning, PowerPoint automation to online dashboards.
Our Engineering team is at the heart of this mission, and we need YOU.
We're a bootstrapped company - no corporate debt, no external investors. In the last five years, we've grown from 11 to over 100 people, and we have 1500+ great clients, from small businesses through to Amazon & Meta.
We have recently won 1st place in the Great Places to Work, for small employers and we are proud to be certified as a for the second year in a row.
Displayr partners with , an organization dedicated to improving the workplace for Diversity and Inclusion, particularly working conditions for women. We won three awards in 2023 for flexible working, pay equity, and shared caring responsibilities.
About the role
- Join our Performance & Observability team as the go-to Observability expert.
- Use your technical expertise to review our current Observability needs and map out a strategy that is aligned with our overall architecture.
- Working closely with internal stakeholders to define metrics and measures of success.
- Configuration and management of Splunk cloud.
- Instrument our code to provide insightful metrics and logs. Create and maintain dashboards & monitors for the core SLOs.
- Use your passion, knowledge and experience to mentor, train and promote Observability within the business and raise the bar for best practice.
- Participate in the evaluation of new candidates for the engineering team as required.
The essential skills & qualities we are looking for include:
- You have at least 6 years of solid software development experience as a Software Engineer.
- You love Observability and have spent at least 3 years working in a role which was primarily focused on Observability.
- You've worked with Splunk or another observability tool such as AppDynamics, Data-Dog or Elastic in that time.
- You have at least 2 years working with Open-Telemetry.
- You have a Degree in Computer Science or similar.
- You have worked with large applications at scale.
- You deeply understand the platforms and libraries you use.
- Your CV is full of achievements you are proud of.
- You are concise, clear, and courteous in your communication.
- You are curious and innovative.
- You take calculated risks and are not afraid of failure.
- You have a strong bias to action.
- Front-end: TypeScript/JavaScript/React.
- Back-end: C#, SQL.
- Supporting systems: C#, Python, R, Rust, Node.js.
- Platforms: Azure, AWS, Kubernetes.
- Splunk and Open-Telemetry.
- At Displayr you are not just a cog in a large engine. You’ll be able to see the decisions you make have a tangible impact.
- If you want to work on big thorny problems that will build upon, test, and show off your exceptional technical skills, then you’ll thrive at Displayr.
- Displayr is entirely bootstrapped and debt-free, so continues to grow safely
- Displayr has a high-trust environment, where you’ll be given a serious degree of autonomy and flexibility.
- We prefer evidence over intuition, experience, and "best practice".
- We work hard to make the best idea win, not the idea of the most experienced person.
- International company - offices in Sydney, Chicago, and London.
- Competitive base salary.
- Share options in the business (join a fast-growing company in its early stages).
- 14 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Relaxed workplace and culture.
- Flexible working hours.
- Full-time or Part-time roles available.
- $2000 Learning allowance to help you grow your skills.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Hybrid role - get the best of both worlds and work from our office in Pyrmont (with access to pool and tennis court) and your home office.
