Observability Engineer
Posted 23 Dec 2025
Advertised as “Senior Observability Engineer m/f/d ”
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- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Hybrid
No salary listed for this role.
About us
ATOSS Software SE is one of Germany’s most successful tech growth stories. As the market leader in Workforce Management Software, we help companies work more intelligently, creatively, and humanely optimizing the balance between profitability and people.
We’re a rare company: according to Handelsblatt (10/24), just 309 public companies worldwide achieved over 20% return on sales for ten consecutive years. Only two are based in Germany and ATOSS is one of them.
With 19 years of record-breaking growth, over €2 billion market cap, and listings in SDAX and TecDAX, we’re scaling globally and we’re growing.
If you’re ready to drive impact in a high-performing B2B SaaS environment, this is your chance to elevate your career.
The Person You are
At ATOSS, we hire for both character and skill, seeking individuals who embody resilience, a pioneering spirit, and the passion to grow.
We value those who:
Think like entrepreneurs – taking ownership, pushing boundaries, and driving impact.
Challenge the status quo – bringing fresh ideas and bold execution to the table.
Thrive in change – seeing growth as a lifelong journey, both professionally and personally.
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The Role**
As a Senior Observability Platform Engineer, you are a key member of our observability team.
You design, build, and operate our observability platform (Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Prometheus/Mimir on Kubernetes) and enable product, platform, and AI teams to monitor and improve the services they own.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on platform reliability, standards, automation, and cross-team collaboration. You will work closely with other platform functions and product lines and help shape our observability strategy and roadmap.
Key Responsibilities
Product ownership & roadmap
- Analyze and capture requirements across product lines and support stakeholders.
- Translate requirements into clear priorities, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Communicate progress and upcoming roadmap items to stakeholders through demos, updates, and KPI reporting.
- Collaborate with R&D leads and architecture to align the observability roadmap with broader platform and product goals.
Platform engineering & operations
- Operate, scale, and upgrade the central observability stack (Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Prometheus/Mimir on Kubernetes) across multiple environments and cloud providers.
- Automate routine operations (provisioning, configuration, housekeeping, capacity checks) to reduce manual work and improve reliability.