Senior Observability Engineer - Telemetry Extension & ADOT Pipeline

EPAM is a global leader in AI transformation engineering and integrated consulting, serving Forbes Global 2000 companies and startups. The company has over thirty years of expertise in custom software, product, and platform engineering, enabling clients to become AI-native enterprises.

• 3+ years of observability or platform engineering experience
• Experience in ADOT or OpenTelemetry collector pipeline design
• Proficiency in Python SDK or library development and design
• Expertise in AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) collector configuration including pipelines, processors, exporters
• Knowledge of OpenTelemetry SDK extension patterns for custom metrics, spans, and configurable telemetry
• Skills in AWS CloudWatch Metrics and X-Ray export pipelines
• Familiarity with YAML-driven telemetry configuration schemas
• English language proficiency level B1+

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with Strands or LangGraph frameworks
• Understanding of customer-facing SDK extensibility patterns
• Competency in Amazon CloudWatch custom metrics and dimensions

• Extend the Agent Observability SDK with custom telemetry capabilities
• Design and implement ADOT collector pipelines, including processors and exporters
• Develop YAML-driven telemetry configuration schemas for flexible observability
• Build custom metrics and spans using OpenTelemetry SDK extension patterns
• Configure and optimize AWS CloudWatch Metrics and X-Ray export pipelines
• Collaborate with platform teams to integrate observability into the agent lifecycle
• Ensure telemetry solutions scale reliably across production cloud-native environments
• Contribute to Python SDK library design ensuring maintainability and extensibility

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