Observability engineer jobs in California
34 open roles for observability engineers in California as of Nov 15, 2026. LangChain, SpaceX, CoreWeave, OpenAI and Anthropic have the most. The median advertised salary is $212K.
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Skills asked for in observability engineer roles in California
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- Senior Software Engineer – Network ObservabilityClockwork.io · 🇺🇸On Site, Palo Alto, California$140K - $210KSeniorRustGoPython
- Senior Software Engineer, Database Integration & ObservabilityMongoDB · 🇺🇸Austin; Boston; Chicago; Dallas; New York City; Palo Alto…$126K - $248KSeniorRustPythonJavaScript
- Staff Software Engineer, Observability/Site ReliabilityPsiQuantum · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California$165K - $277KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Staff Software Engineer, ObservabilityCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA—HybridLead and abovePython.NETKubernetes
- Sr. Software Engineer, Network Observability (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $265KSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- FullStack Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (LangSmith)LangChain · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$145K - $180KGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (NY)LangChain · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$175K - $240KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer II, ObservabilityCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$182K - $242KSeniorPythonTerraformKafka
- Software Engineer - Platform Observability and IntelligenceFastly · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$155K - $186KRustGoReact
- Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure and ObservabilityNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$146K - $219KGoPythonDocker
- Sr. Observability Engineer, ArcGIS EnterpriseEsri · 🇺🇸Redlands, CA$94K - $159KSeniorPythonJavaAzure
- Software Engineer - Real-Time Vehicle Telemetry & VisualizationApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$200K - $275KTypeScriptReactAngular
- Data Infra - Telemetry and Observability (IC)Matter Intelligence · 🇺🇸San Francisco—MLOpsDistributed trainingTime series
- Senior Software Engineer, Network Datapath Monitoring/ObservabilityCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA / New York City, NY / Livingston, NJ$153K - $204KSeniorGoPythonKubernetes
- Senior Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure Performance Insights & ObservabilityCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$182K - $242KSeniorGoPythonC++
- Frontend Engineer, AI Observability & Evals PlatformLangChain · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$160K - $195KTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Engineering Manager - ObservabilityATOMS · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$185K - $254KGoAzureKubernetes
- Software Engineer - ObservabilityBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KHybridRustPythonMachine Learning
- Software Engineer, Telemetry - Top Secret Clearance (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KJavaC#Linux
- Software Engineer, Telemetry (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KJavaC#Linux
- Sr. Software Engineer, Telemetry (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $265KSeniorJavaC#Linux
- Senior Product Manager - Observability & Data QualityDataHub · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California, United States—SeniordbtSnowflakeLooker
- Senior Software Engineer - Observability and ReliabilitySigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$170K - $240KSeniorGoPythonSQL
- Software Engineer, Network Observability (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $150KGoPythonJavaScript
- Engineering Manager, Observability InfrastructureRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KCI/CDObservabilityJaeger
- Sr. Staff Software Engineer — Observability, Insights & GovernanceDatabricks · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California$229K - $314KLead and aboveSQLLLMData governance
- Software Engineer, Security ObservabilityOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$293K - $325KGoPythonTerraform
- Staff+ Software Engineer, ObservabilityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $485KLead and aboveLLMBigQueryClickHouse
- Manager, Software Engineering - AI ObservabilityFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$258K - $376KMachine LearningLLMAI
- Software Engineer, ObservabilityOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445KKubernetesAWSPrometheus
- Senior Backend Software Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (SF)LangChain · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$180K - $240KSeniorGoPythonPostgreSQL
- Senior Software Engineer, ObservabilityTogether AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $280KSeniorGoPythonPostgreSQL
- Sr. Software Engineer, ObservabilityxAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$180K - $330KSeniorRustGoScala
- Senior Fullstack Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (SF)LangChain · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$175K - $240KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
Who is hiring for observability engineer roles in California
Where observability engineer roles in California are
- 🇺🇸United States34
- 🇺🇸California34
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area28
- 🇺🇸New York, NY5
- 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA5
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA3
- 🇺🇸Austin, TX1
- 🇺🇸Chicago, IL1
- 🇺🇸Boston, MA1
- 🇺🇸Dallas, TX1
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
Questions about observability engineer jobs in California
- How many observability engineer jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 34 open observability engineer jobs in California at 23 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 1 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most observability engineer jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at SpaceX (5), LangChain (5), CoreWeave (3), OpenAI (2) and Clockwork.io (1). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote observability engineer jobs in California?
- None of the 34 open observability engineer jobs in California are listed as remote at the moment. Remote roles appear here as soon as employers post them.
- What do observability engineer jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $212K, based on 31 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $178K and $248K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get one of the observability engineer jobs in California?
- 0 of the 34 open observability engineer jobs in California (0%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 24 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 23 companies are hiring and 1 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing observability engineer jobs in California?
- 13 of the 34 open observability engineer jobs in California (38%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, AI, Machine Learning. Employers still list 34 such roles today at 23 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do observability engineer jobs in California ask for?
- Most often Observability (59%), Python (56%), Kubernetes (56%), Go (50%), Prometheus (35%) of the 34 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in observability engineer jobs in California?
- Software Engineer (9), Senior Software Engineer (6), Sr. Software Engineer (3), Staff Software Engineer (2), Engineering Manager (2): the most common titles among the 34 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are observability engineer jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 34 observability engineer jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 23 companies, 0.0% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 1 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $212K. 0 (0%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for observability engineer jobs in California?
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