Observability Engineer - London Stock Exchange Group

Job Description

Key Responsibilities Design and implement scalable telemetry pipelines for metrics, logs, traces, and events across distributed systems. Develop and maintain observability standards, NMS tooling, dashboards, alerting frameworks, and SLOs in collaboration with product and platform teams. Champion best practices in instrumentation, monitoring, and incident response across engineering teams. Integrate and optimise observability tools (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Elastic, etc.) within the NPS ecosystem. Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure observability is embedded into the SDLC and CI/CD pipelines. Drive adoption of observability platforms through enablement, documentation, and training. Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and practices to evolve our observability capabilities. Required Skills And Experience Proven experience in observability, SRE, or platform engineering roles within complex, distributed environments. Strong hands-on expertise with telemetry tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Elastic, Loki, Jaeger, or similar. Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java) and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Helm). Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, microservices, service meshes). Experience defining and managing SLOs, SLIs, and alerting strategies. Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for improving system reliability and developer experience. Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you. LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership , Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions. Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence . Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering. LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives. Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it's used for, and how it's obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject . If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.