Platform Backend Engineer – Remote SaaS Stack

Grafana; Ireland; Remote; EUR 81,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

30 days annual leave

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Grafana Labs, the company behind Grafana Cloud, is recruiting a Backend Engineer for Platform stacks in Ireland with remote work options. You will help design and operate core services that manage Grafana Cloud stacks, including provisioning, region rollouts, and reconciliation of stack state.

The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and excellent developer experience. You will work across product, platform, and operations, collaborating asynchronously across time zones.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Golang for backend services.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and SaaS architectures.
• Experience with remote teams and async collaboration.
• Familiarity with cloud-native tooling and deployment patterns.
• Ability to translate requirements into reliable software.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend stack components.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure reliable stack lifecycles.
• Improve deployment and provisioning workflows across regions.
• Support onboarding and incident response for Grafana Cloud stacks.
• Contribute to roadmap planning and design reviews.
• Lead cross-team technical initiatives and communicate choices clearly.

Skills

Golang

Distributed systems

SaaS platform

Remote collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

Job description

Grafana Labs, the company behind Grafana Cloud, is recruiting a Backend Engineer for Platform stacks in Ireland with remote work options. You will help design and operate core services that manage Grafana Cloud stacks, including provisioning, region rollouts, and reconciliation of stack state.

The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and excellent developer experience. You will work across product, platform, and operations, collaborating asynchronously across time zones.