About the Role

As a Member of Technical Staff – Rapid Response, you will work on high-impact engineering projects that directly contribute to company growth and customer success. This team is responsible for addressing urgent business needs while maintaining the long-term scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of our infrastructure.

Your role will involve designing, building, and operating backend services that support critical business functions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, platform engineers, and sales teams, to develop and implement solutions that align with business goals.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain high-volume backend services using Go, deployed on Kubernetes, GCP, and AWS.
Build and improve operational tooling to enhance system reliability and performance.
Work closely with multiple teams to design and implement features that address urgent customer needs.
Contribute to the build systems, test frameworks, deployment tools, and monitoring systems to refine our engineering processes.

What You’ll Achieve

Within the First Month:

Gain a deep understanding of Chronosphere’s platform and start making contributions to the product.
Learn about the company’s customers, their challenges, and the underlying technology.

Within the First 90 Days:

Ship multiple enhancements to the platform.
Contribute to design discussions that shape the long-term architecture of the system.
Begin working on new service implementations and gain ownership of specific platform components.

What We’re Looking For

We are seeking passionate engineers who thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy solving complex technical challenges.

Required Skills & Experience:

Ability to independently own projects from planning to deployment, including requirement gathering and milestone setting.
Experience building and maintaining highly available systems at scale—our customers’ uptime depends on us!
Proficiency in Go, C++, Java, C#, or Rust (fluency in any one system-level language is required).
Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate multiple solutions and their trade-offs.
A passion for improving development, testing, deployment, and operational processes.
A collaborative mindset, comfortable working in a rapidly evolving startup environment.

Why Join Chronosphere?

We offer a flexible, remote-friendly work environment with a focus on innovation and growth. Our benefits include:
1. Comprehensive Health Insurance
2. Flexible Time Off Policy
3. Competitive Salary & Stock Options
4. A Remote-First Work Culture
5. Career Growth & Development Opportunities

Meet Your Manager

This role reports to Chris Stone, Engineering Manager, who leads the Rapid Response team at Chronosphere.

Equal Opportunity & Diversity Commitment

At Chronosphere, we believe that diverse perspectives lead to better innovation. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply, even if they don’t meet every requirement.

To support our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts, we recommend removing personal identifiers (name, photo, LinkedIn URL, etc.) from your application to minimize bias. However, this is optional, and applying through our system will still require contact details.

If you need any accommodations during the interview process, please reach out to talent@chronosphere.io.

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