Senior Backend Engineer - Scale & Reliability, Remote

Grafanalabs; United States; Remote; USD 174,986 - 209,983; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Career growth opportunities

Access to AI coding assistants

Job summary

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer for a remote role focused on architecting and implementing distributed backend services within Grafana Enterprise. This position involves interacting with large-scale operators and driving reliability improvements for high-availability environments.

Key responsibilities include leading the backend service design, handling operational health, and collaborating with product and UX teams. Candidates should have a strong background in distributed systems and API design.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in writing production services from ideation to operations.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems including replication and fault tolerance.
• Experience with high-traffic, multi-tenant environments.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building backend systems for Grafana Enterprise.
• Driving projects from ideation to production.
• Engaging with enterprise customers to understand their requirements.

Skills

Distributed systems fundamentals

Production services at scale

API design and service contracts

Database skills (PostgreSQL/MySQL)

Kubernetes and containerized environments

Job description

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer for a remote role focused on architecting and implementing distributed backend services within Grafana Enterprise. This position involves interacting with large-scale operators and driving reliability improvements for high-availability environments.

Key responsibilities include leading the backend service design, handling operational health, and collaborating with product and UX teams. Candidates should have a strong background in distributed systems and API design.