We are seeking a Lead C++ Engineer with Observability to lead the observability implementation. This role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, ensuring customer experience, system reliability and operational insight are measurable and embedded throughout the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate will bring significant experience from low-latency trading, market data or other high-performance distributed systems, with a strong C++ background and a track record of building production monitoring, telemetry and operational tooling at scale.
Responsibilities
- Lead observability implementation across the software development lifecycle
- Ensure customer experience, system reliability and operational insight are measurable and embedded
- Build and operate large-scale monitoring, observability or control platforms
- Establishment of standards and drive adoption of observability best practices
- Engagement with development teams effectively to deliver telemetry and operational tooling
- Implementation of metrics, tracing, logging, profiling and telemetry pipelines
- Drive customer-experience measurement for latency-sensitive market data systems
- Influence engineering teams to align on observability outcomes
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in observability engineering, including metrics, tracing and logging
- Expertise in profiling and telemetry pipelines
- Understanding of customer-experience measurement for latency-sensitive market data systems
- Background in building and operating large-scale monitoring, observability or control platforms
- Proficiency in C++ engineering and the ability to engage effectively with development teams
- Skills in OpenTelemetry, eBPF and GitOps
- Competency in API-driven automation and CI/CD-integrated observability practices
- Familiarity with cloud-native, Kubernetes and distributed systems architectures
- Proven ability to influence engineering teams and establish standards
- English proficiency at B2 level or higher
Nice to have
- Background in trading or market-making
- Familiarity with exchange connectivity
- Knowledge of market data environments
We offer
- We gather like-minded people:
- Engineering community of industry professionals
- Friendly team and enjoyable working environment
- Flexible schedule and opportunity to work remotely within Poland
- Chance to work abroad for up to 60 days annually
- Business-driven relocation opportunities
- We provide growth opportunities:
- Outstanding career roadmap
- Leadership development, career advising, soft skills, and well-being programs
- Certification (GCP, Azure, AWS)
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, Get Abstract, Cloud Guru
- English classes
- We cover it all:
- Stable income (Employment Contract or B2B)
- Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Benefits package (health insurance, multisport, shopping vouchers)
- Strategically located offices featuring entertainment and relaxation zones, table tennis and football, free snacks, fantastic coffee, and more
- Referral bonuses
- Corporate, social and well-being events
- Please, note:
- The set of bonuses might vary based on the role you apply for – specifics will be discussed with our recruiter during the general interview.
- We will reach out to selected candidates exclusively.
EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.