Observability for Backend Engineers

Free Intermediate course · 10 lessons · 3 weeks · Certificate on completion

Instrument services with logs, metrics and traces using OpenTelemetry. Across 10 lessons you'll move from fundamentals to a portfolio-ready outcome — at your own pace, with quizzes after each lesson and a final exam to certify your mastery.

What you'll learn

• Monitoring vs observability
• Structured logging
• Metrics that matter
• Distributed tracing
• OpenTelemetry
• Correlating signals

Skills you'll pick up

• Monitoring vs observability
• Structured logging
• Metrics that matter
• Distributed tracing
• OpenTelemetry
• Correlating signals

Tools covered

• Backend Observability
• Real-world projects
• Quizzes
• Final exam

Course modules

Module 1: Monitoring vs observability

Module 1 of Observability for Backend Engineers. 3 lessons · 3h

Module 2: Distributed tracing

Module 2 of Observability for Backend Engineers. 3 lessons · 3h

Module 3: Dashboards

Module 3 of Observability for Backend Engineers. 2 lessons · 2h

Module 4: Debugging with traces

Module 4 of Observability for Backend Engineers. 2 lessons · 2h

Lessons in this course

• Monitoring vs observability
• Structured logging
• Metrics that matter
• Distributed tracing
• OpenTelemetry
• Correlating signals
• Dashboards
• Alerting
• Debugging with traces
• Cost of telemetry

Instructor

Daniel Brooks — Backend Engineering Lead

Daniel Brooks is a Backend Engineering Lead with years of hands-on experience teaching Backend Observability to thousands of learners worldwide.

Certificate

Finish every lesson and pass the final exam to earn a free, verifiable Learnera certificate for Observability for Backend Engineers. It can be downloaded as a PDF and shared on LinkedIn.

Career outcomes

Median global salary $130,000 per year · median India salary ₹18,20,000 per year · 70,763 open roles worldwide

• Backend Observability Specialist
• Senior Backend Observability Lead
• Backend Observability Consultant

Frequently asked questions

Is the Observability for Backend Engineers course free?

Yes. Every Learnera course, including Observability for Backend Engineers, is completely free — lessons, quizzes, the final exam, and the certificate.

How long does Observability for Backend Engineers take?

10 lessons, typically completed in 3 weeks at a comfortable pace.

Do I get a certificate?

Yes — pass the final exam and you receive a free, verifiable certificate you can share on LinkedIn.

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