Arijit is a Distinguished Architect at Splunk and passionate about observability. As the former CTO and first employee at SignalFx, Arijit has spent years designing, developing, and managing many aspects of SignalFx’s product. Previously, Arijit was one of the original developers of Facebook’s metrics solution (ODS) and subsequently managed the development of Facebook’s networking tools, data visualization, and other infrastructure monitoring software. He has been focused on the monitoring space for more than a decade, in a career that has also spanned IP telephony, VoIP conferencing, and network virtualization.