Senior Backend Engineer – Distributed Profiling DB (Remote)

Grafana Labs Inc.; Germany (OH); Remote; USD 110,416 - 132,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Remote work

Job summary

Grafana Labs, a remote-first company, seeks a Senior Engineer to shape Pyroscope's future inside Grafana. You will lead end-to-end projects, design core distributed components, and collaborate across teams and time zones.

We value open-source experience, strong systems programming, and the ability to translate customer needs into practical deliverables, all in a fully remote, global environment with a competitive compensation package.

Qualifications

• Solid experience with a systems language (Go).
• Distributed systems in production.
• Product sense and communication in a remote team.
• Curiosity and courage to challenge the status quo.
• Strong software craftsmanship and reliability mindset.
• Pragmatism and quick iteration.
• Open-source contribution or community engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from concept to rollout, including design, delivery, and customer follow-up.
• Design, build, and operate core components of a distributed database: ingestion, storage, and query.
• Collaborate with PM-like responsibilities in a fully remote setup and shape the product roadmap.
• Drive operational excellence with concrete SLOs and cost targets, reducing toil through automation.

Skills

Go language

Distributed systems

Product sense

Curiosity

Open source

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Grafana Labs, a remote-first company, seeks a Senior Engineer to shape Pyroscope's future inside Grafana. You will lead end-to-end projects, design core distributed components, and collaborate across teams and time zones.

We value open-source experience, strong systems programming, and the ability to translate customer needs into practical deliverables, all in a fully remote, global environment with a competitive compensation package.