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FARFETCH

Observability Engineer

FARFETCH

Senior Platform Engineer in Farfetch's Tech Platform team focused on building observability infrastructure. Engineering scalable platforms that empower teams to deliver software effectively.

Posted 7/9/2026full-timePorto • 🇵🇹 PortugalMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudDistributed SystemsGoGrafanaKubernetesPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Assist in the design and implementation of robust observability infrastructure, focusing on the scalability, high availability, and performance of our core telemetry platforms.
  • Support the management of data pipelines and storage, ensuring the reliable ingestion, processing, and querying of Logs, Metrics, and Traces using technologies like OpenTelemetry (OTEL), Fluentbit, and the Victoria ecosystem.
  • Help build self-service capabilities that empower engineering teams and FARFETCH Business Units to be autonomous in their analysis, detection, and investigation efforts.
  • Monitor and maintain the reliability and performance of our internal observability stack, ensuring systems like Grafana and various exporters remain robust.
  • Support the integration of Observability Frameworks (Audit, Logging, Monitoring, etc.), ensuring they fit seamlessly into the broader platform architecture.
  • Actively participate in technical discussions, learn from senior engineers, and share your knowledge to foster a culture of continuous learning and psychological safety within the team.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • You have practical experience (or a strong foundational understanding) building, supporting, or maintaining observability tools and distributed systems.
  • You have hands-on experience or familiarity with telemetry infrastructure tools such as OpenTelemetry, Fluentbit, Victoria Metrics/Logs, and Grafana.
  • You have exposure to cloud infrastructure and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) and are eager to deepen your knowledge of observability architecture.
  • You understand the software development lifecycle and have experience with at least one programming language (e.g., Golang or Python) to help build tools, exporters, or automations.
  • You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an interest in continuous system improvement, infrastructure as code, and automation.
  • You have good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with your team and other engineering stakeholders.
  • You understand the importance of data security, compliance, and cost-efficiency as core pillars of a reliable observability platform.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health insurance for the whole family, flexible working environment and well-being support and tools
  • Extra days off, sabbatical program and days for you to give back for the community
  • Training opportunities
  • Flexible benefits program

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Hard Skills & Tools
Observability ToolsDistributed SystemsTelemetry InfrastructureData Pipeline ManagementProgramming Language
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsInterpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsCollaboration Skills