Staff Backend Engineer - Tempo Platform (Remote)

Grafanalabs

United States

Remote

USD 174,986 - 209,983

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Grafanalabs is seeking a Staff Engineer for Tempo, focusing on technical leadership and operational excellence within distributed systems. The role involves leading initiatives, architecting core components, and driving quality and performance across APIs.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in Go or similar languages, and experience with large-scale data systems. Compensation ranges from $174,986 to $209,983 USD, along with RSUs for employees.

Qualifications

  • Track record of leading complex, multi-quarter initiatives.
  • Substantial hands-on experience with distributed data systems.
  • Ability to write clean, robust, performant software.

Responsibilities

  • Set technical direction on complex problems.
  • Lead multi-quarter technical initiatives.
  • Design APIs for human and agent interaction.

Skills

Technical leadership
Distributed data systems
Software craftsmanship
Operational mindset
Customer focus

Education

Experience in Go or similar systems languages

Tools

OpenTelemetry
Kubernetes

Job description

Grafanalabs is seeking a Staff Engineer for Tempo, focusing on technical leadership and operational excellence within distributed systems. The role involves leading initiatives, architecting core components, and driving quality and performance across APIs.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in Go or similar languages, and experience with large-scale data systems. Compensation ranges from $174,986 to $209,983 USD, along with RSUs for employees.

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