About Us:

Rent the Runway (RTR) is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the world's first Closet in the Cloud. Founded in 2009, RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful, sustainable and financially-savvy way to feel their best every day. As the ultimate destination for circular fashion, the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion, one-time rental or ownership. RTR offers designer apparel and accessories from hundreds of brand partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. Under CEO and Co-Founder Jennifer Hyman's leadership, RTR has been named to CNBC's "Disruptor 50" five times in ten years, and has been placed on Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list multiple times, while Hyman herself has been named to the "TIME 100" most influential people in the world and as one of People magazine's "Women Changing the World."

Galway Office

Rent The Runway established its European Technology Hub in Galway in April 2019. Based in the historic Claddagh area of the city, the growing team in Galway tackles core technology challenges and influences the next generation of services critical to Rent The Runway's success and continued growth.

The Galway office is Rent the Runway's first international office outside the US and enables the company to significantly expand its Software Engineering, Product Development, Machine Learning Engineering and Data Science footprint. Rent The Runway's Galway-based employees have the opportunity to grow their careers across several roles and career paths in Technology.

Our engineering team is smart, pragmatic, and entrepreneurial. We practice continuous integration & test-driven development, engage in constant peer code reviews & pair programming, and work hard to give back to the software community through open-source contributions.

About the Job:

We seek a passionate and detail-oriented Observability Engineer to join our growing Engineering team. In this role, you will play a critical part in driving our observability strategy, with a strong focus on leveraging our Observability Cloud Platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance platform visibility, improve system reliability, and empower teams to make informed, data-driven decisions through robust monitoring, tracing, and alerting solutions.

What You'll Do:

• Design, implement, and maintain observability solutions using the Splunk Observability Platform, including Infrastructure Monitoring, APM (Application Performance Monitoring), RUM (Real User Monitoring), and Log Observer.
• Develop, manage, and optimise dashboards, alerts, and telemetry configurations to deliver full-stack observability across applications, infrastructure, and services.
• Manage and maintain scalable, reliable data ingestion pipelines using Terraform for infrastructure-as-code (IaC) deployments, ensuring seamless integration with the Splunk Observability Platform
• Partner with Security and Engineering teams to embed observability best practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Optimise and manage Splunk Cloud environments, ensuring scalability, cost-effectiveness, performance, and high availability.
• Champion the adoption of standardised observability patterns, instrumentation frameworks, and service-level objectives (SLOs).
• Continuously refine monitoring, alerting, and telemetry pipelines to minimise noise and improve incident response.
• Provide technical guidance and support to engineering teams in diagnosing and resolving observability-related issues.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Security, and Infrastructure teams to ensure data governance, privacy, and regulatory compliance within observability pipelines.

About You:

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in Observability, SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering roles.
• Proven experience in Splunk (or equivalent monitoring platform)
• Solid understanding of observability principles: metrics, traces, logs, and events.
• Experience operating in modern cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and working with distributed systems.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), and CI/CD pipelines is a strong plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to understand complex system behaviours.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work effectively across diverse teams.

Benefits:

At Rent the Runway, we're committed to the happiness and wellbeing of our employees, and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our inclusive benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Generous Paid Time Off including annual leave, paid bereavement, and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
• Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return to work program - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
• Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service - unplug, recharge, and have some fun.
• Competitive Stakeholder Pension - taking care of your future.
• Comprehensive health, dental care and dependents care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first and we've got you covered.
• Company wide events and outings - our team spirit is no joke - we know how to have fun!
• Hybrid Work -This hybrid role requires 2-3 days per week in our Galway, Ireland office with the option to work 2-3 days remotely.

Rent the Runway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee on any legally-recognised basis, including, but not limited to: gender, marital status, family status, age disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, and membership of the Traveller community.