Competencies: Observability > Tracing
Tracing
Body of Knowledge
| Topic | Description | Relevance | Career Tracks |
|---|---|---|---|
Distributed Tracing |
Trace context propagation, span relationships, trace visualization |
Critical |
SRE, Backend Developer |
OpenTelemetry |
Unified observability, instrumentation, collectors, exporters |
Critical |
SRE, Backend Developer, DevOps Engineer |
Jaeger |
Trace collection, UI, sampling strategies, storage backends |
High |
SRE, Backend Developer |
Trace Analysis |
Latency analysis, dependency mapping, bottleneck identification |
High |
SRE, Backend Developer |
Sampling Strategies |
Head-based, tail-based sampling, adaptive sampling, cost management |
High |
SRE, Platform Engineer |
Trace Context |
W3C Trace Context, baggage, context propagation across services |
High |
Backend Developer, SRE |
APM Integration |
Application performance monitoring, auto-instrumentation, agents |
High |
SRE, Backend Developer |
Trace-Based Testing |
Trace assertions, integration testing with traces, contract testing |
Medium |
Backend Developer, QA Engineer |
Trace Storage |
Trace retention, storage optimization, querying traces at scale |
Medium |
SRE, Platform Engineer |
Personal Status
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