Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Grafana Labs as a Senior Backend Engineer and contribute to the development of Pyroscope, an open-source continuous profiling database. Collaborate with a team to deliver new features, lead projects from concept to implementation, and maintain essential systems. You will actively participate in shaping the product roadmap and mentor team members. This remote position requires strong communication skills and the ability to work independently. The ideal candidate possesses experience with at least one programming language (Go preferred), cloud software development, and on-call responsibilities. Grafana Labs offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Requirements

• Solid experience with at least one programming language. We use Go, but if you have familiarity with Python, C, C++, Rust or similar then that translates well
• Some experience with delivering projects from gathering requirements, brain-storming ideas all the way to shipping a product to the customer’s hands in a self-driven way
• Some experience with developing software that runs in the Cloud or some experience with systems engineering
• Experience writing clean, robust, and performant software that is easily maintained by others
• Experience with being on-call and performing operations/SRE tasks or with the concept of infrastructure as code

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with your team to deliver new features, analyze outcomes, and make improvements
• Lead projects from concept to implementation, including ongoing customer support
• Design, build, operate, and maintain essential systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and availability
• Take an active role in influencing our roadmap and your own career objectives
• Participate in on-call rotations and take responsibility for the services you oversee
• Support and mentor team members, engage in design conversations, and work closely with colleagues
• Expand your skill set by deepening your knowledge of our cloud products, understanding our customers, and learning about our codebase

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Kubernetes
• Been a user of Grafana and Prometheus in operational roles (including on-call for your team at a previous employer or just using these tools on hobby/homelab projects)
• Exposure to microservices architecture and distributed systems, or a desire to learn

Benefits

• Equity
• Bonus (if applicable)