Monitoring & observability for metrics, logs and traces. Fast, high-performance, open source database solutions from VictoriaMetrics.
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Solution Engineer who lives in the terminal and is passionate about system performance. In this role, you will be a key technical expert and the bridge between the Enterprise version of our open source Observability platform and our customers' most complex Linux-based infrastructures. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Experience: 5+ years in Pre-Sales, SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering roles, with a proven track record of managing complex technical sales cycles
- Linux Mastery: You are an expert in the terminal. You know how to troubleshoot CPU spikes, memory leaks, and disk I/O bottlenecks using standard Linux tools (top, strace, tcpdump, vmstat) and can teach others how to do the same
- Observability DNA: Deep understanding of the "Three Pillars" (Logs, Metrics, Traces) and the business value of reducing MTTR (Mean Time To Resolve)
- Problem Solving: You approach troubleshooting through the lens of observability. You can diagnose why metrics are missing, identify high-cardinality churn, optimize slow queries, or determine why alerts are failing to trigger
- Technical Skills
More about this role
We are the company behind the popular open-source, high-performance time-series database and monitoring solution of the same name: VictoriaMetrics. We’ve also recently introduced our open source logs management solution, VictoriaLogs as well as a new open source database for traces, VictoriaTraces.
Fortune 500 companies use our products as their core observability solution. Our services are used by Spotify, WIX, Grammarly, CERN and thousands others. Our open source products have been downloaded 1B+ times to date.
We are looking for a Senior Solution Engineer who lives in the terminal and is passionate about system performance. In this role, you will be a key technical expert and the bridge between the Enterprise version of our open source Observability platform and our customers' most complex Linux-based infrastructures.
You won't just be selling software; you will be consulting with principal Software Engineers and Development Leads to help them instrument their applications, derive the best solution for their specific footprint , and gain actionable visibility into their distributed systems. As a Senior member of the team, you will focus on handling our most complex technical...
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