Staff Engineer – Data Platform Experience

Responsibilities

We are representing a confidential observability platform organization seeking a Staff Engineer to join their Data Platform Experience team in Paris. In this role, you will lead strategic engineering initiatives that shape how product teams build and operate services at scale.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the design and delivery of shared platform capabilities that reduce developer friction and enable engineering teams to move faster with confidence
• Building scalable solutions for cost intelligence, including cloud cost allocation, trend analysis, and optimization recommendations
• Developing operational intelligence and self-service tooling that helps teams understand platform health and troubleshoot incidents
• Driving reusable platform services and developer workflows that increase engineering autonomy while reducing operational complexity
• Providing technical leadership across teams by influencing architecture, mentoring engineers, and raising standards through hands-on contributions
• Participating in the on-call rotation and continuously improving platform reliability and observability

What We're Looking For

Our client is seeking a technical leader with deep distributed systems expertise who can influence platform strategy while remaining hands-on in the code.

Required qualifications:

• Experience designing and building large-scale SaaS or cloud platforms with deep expertise in distributed systems
• Strong software architecture and system design skills with a track record of leading complex technical initiatives across multiple teams
• Platform engineering mindset with a passion for building reusable capabilities that enable other engineering organizations
• Effective communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction without direct authority
• Experience with backend technologies such as Java and Go
• Experience with distributed infrastructure including Kafka and Kubernetes

Beneficial but not required:

• Experience with observability platforms, internal developer platforms, or operational tooling
• Background in developer productivity solutions or AI-powered engineering workflows

This is a hybrid role based in Paris, combining office collaboration with flexible work arrangements.

How We Work With You

Our talent team at Get A Job.ai will guide you through the entire process. When you apply through our platform, a recruiter will screen your background and experience. If there's a strong match, we'll submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please do not contact the client directly—all communication and coordination will flow through Get A Job.ai to ensure the best experience for you.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process with our recruiting team.

Equal Opportunity

Get A Job.ai is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or other protected characteristics. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all candidates.