Hybrid Senior/Staff Software Engineer – Observability, SRE

at Waabi

• Job title: Senior/Staff Software Engineer – Observability, SRE
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $148,000 - $249,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Distributed Systems, Docker, Java, Kubernetes, Linux, Microservices, Python, Rust, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Toronto, Canada

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer developing monitoring and observability tools for transportation technology company Waabi. Leading architecture and collaboration while optimizing performance across cloud and on-prem environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead the architecture and development of Waabi’s monitoring and observability stack, used to monitor the health and performance of cloud and on-prem environments.
• Develop and extend workloads and benchmarks (compute, storage, network, ML/AI) and integrate stress, chaos, and regression tests to validate hardware and platform choices.
• Analyze and optimize end-to-end performance across hardware, firmware, Linux kernel, runtimes, and distributed services using advanced profiling tools (perf, eBPF, flamegraphs, tracing frameworks).
• Build automation and observability tooling (Go/Python/Java, Kubernetes/Docker) for CI/CD-based performance regression detection, telemetry, alerting, and anomaly detection.
• Work with client teams to support their applications’ observability requirements.
• Influence system architecture and tooling decisions that improve how Waabi builds, monitors, and scales its infrastructure.
• Drive execution and quality, writing design docs, setting milestones, mentoring ICs, and communicating insights and results to stakeholders and leadership.

Requirements

• 5+ years software engineering or systems/performance engineering experience (BS in CS/EE or related), with demonstrated end-to-end ownership of complex projects.
• Proficient in at least one of: Python, Rust, C/C++; strong CS fundamentals and system design skills.
• Hands-on with Linux internals (CPU scheduling, memory, I/O, networking) and perf tooling (perf, eBPF, flamegraphs, tracing frameworks).
• Experience with Kubernetes, microservices, and distributed systems; comfort building production services and pipelines.
• Proven track record of clear communication, writing design docs, and leading cross-functional efforts.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity awards.
• Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).
• Unlimited Vacation.
• Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
• Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
• Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
• As we grow, this list continues to evolve!