Backend Team Lead

Summary

Join Logz.io, a company redefining observability with AI, as a passionate and experienced Team Lead to elevate its Telemetry Storage team. This team manages the large-scale data stores powering Logz.io's observability platform, using OpenSearch and Thanos. As Team Lead, you will drive innovation in automation, performance optimization, and system scalability, leading a multinational team of backend developers. You will design and extend the backend architecture, ensuring core components leverage the latest technologies for optimal performance and security. This role offers the opportunity to shape critical infrastructure and drive organizational success. The position requires experience managing a development team, hands-on backend development experience, and excellent communication skills. Prior experience with OpenSearch/Elasticsearch and cloud infrastructure is preferred.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in managing a development team, driving production environment workloads
• 5+ years of hands-on professional experience in Java/Kotlin/Scala/Go backend development with deep expertise in microservices environments
• Self-motivated, quick learner, proactive and a true team player with no less than excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in a global company
• Excellent English both verbal and written

Responsibilities

• Lead a global team of 4-5 experienced backend developers to manage the core components of customer data storage within a large-scale, multi-tenant architecture
• Design and extend the foundational architecture of our backend stack, addressing challenges in high-scale data processing
• Work closely with various teams across the organization, exploring a wide range of technologies and domains
• Ensure core components leverage the latest technologies to maximize system performance and utilization, while keeping the highest standards of stability and security

Preferred Qualifications

• Opensearch/Elasticsearch, Timeseries Databases (Prometheus, Thanos, VictoriaMetrics…)
• Cloud Infrastructure (preferably AWS), Automation & Operations, Observability
• Experience with Docker & K8s