Company Description

We’ve all had a recruiting experience that stands out, either because it was magical or ‘oh so horrible.’ 

The technology that recruiting teams use to find, connect with, and advance talent often shapes a candidate’s experience. Yello’s software enables employers to recruit effectively and efficiently. If it excites you to be a part of a team that helps some of the world’s largest brands connect with their talent, then come grow your career with Yello. 

Founded in 2008, Yello is a venture-backed talent acquisition software company that empowers Fortune 500 and fast-growing enterprise companies to find the best talent for their organizations. Our solutions help recruiters love their work — and helps people early in their careers find their dream job. 

~We believe in bringing our authentic selves to work 
~We are hungry to learn and are forever curious
~We put our customers first
~We focus on execution and work as a team
~And last but not least, we strive to start with empathy in all of our interactions. 

About The Role

The Senior Monitoring & Observability Engineer owns the observability of our application. They understand the specific business needs of our clients to define, implement, and advocate for metrics or alerts to know when the application needs help. Yello has a lot of monitoring tools in place (New Relic, Airbrake, ELK stack, PagerDuty, etc) but this role will help shape what we report from which tool and will be influential in setting our observability strategy. This role is about taking action. Once you have enough understanding of the application and our current tools, you’ll work with your manager to build out a plan and then implement, set best practices for new features, and act as an observability consultant for the rest of engineering.

How You'll Make An Impact

• Independently oversees implementation efforts related to monitoring & observability
• Communicates the plan and progress to engineering, product, and our customer success teams
• Build an overall monitoring and alerting strategy with your manager to be rolled out across engineering
• Pairs with other engineers to ensure best practices are followed across the team
• Reviews code, tests, plans, and documentation with both peers and leadership
• Iteratively develops and delivers testable increments with awareness of larger project outcomes
• Adapts and pivots when necessary to achieve business objectives
• Works effectively with minimal guidance and a high degree of independence
• Understands and recommends new technologies to improve the system and product performance

What We're Looking For

• Minimum 5 years of professional development experience
• Experience solving problems in a fast-paced environment 
• A desire to share knowledge and help others on your team grow as well as the ability to mentor younger developers
• Experience working in an Agile development environment
• Willingness to push back when quality is questionable or jeopardized
• Experience with RSpec or relevant testing framework
• Full Stack Development (RESTful API development would be considered a plus)
• Familiar with non-relational data stores (Redis, Memcached, Elasticsearch, etc)
• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related experience
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• A “we build it, we run it” development philosophy

Additional Information

• We are open to remote applicants for this position as long as you are based in one of the states we are set up to do business in: CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MI, NC, NH, NY, PA, VA, and WI. 
• Yello is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
• Candidates local to Chicago are preferred.
• You must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Must be able to sit or stand for continuous periods of time.
• This role frequently communicates/interacts with individuals, must have strong written and oral communication skills