Staff Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Grafana Labs as a remote Software Engineer in Germany and contribute to the evolution of Grafana's architecture for its successful open-source project and Grafana Cloud. You will play a key role in refactoring Grafana to be simpler, more standardized, and fully multi-tenant and scalable. This involves working on a SaaS platform at scale, dealing with distributed systems problems, and ensuring safe deployment of changes. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor other team members, and participate in on-call rotations. The role requires strong coding skills, experience with SaaS platforms, and excellent communication skills. Compensation includes a competitive salary, equity, and bonus.

Requirements

• You have strong coding skills and operational experience; you were responsible for operating the software you have built
• You have worked on a SaaS platform and dealt with common distributed systems problems (e.g. scalability, multi-tenancy, data isolation, HA, …)
• You have excellent communication skills. You can express your ideas with great clarity in writing and during meetings. You know when to pick which mode of communication
• You are willing to work across teams. Your work has to be aligned with the needs of other squads and external stakeholders. You make your plans transparent, bring stakeholders on board, and are open to feedback and suggestions
• You are pragmatic; you prioritize progress over perfection; you can handle ambiguity
• We are using Golang on the backend; you are either already familiar with Golang or are excited to learn the language

Responsibilities

• Coding new features, enhancing the operational experience of the systems you develop, and iteratively improving them based on production insights
• Authoring, contributing to and reviewing design documents
• Taking an active role in shaping the roadmap
• Mentoring and supporting other team members and collaborating with different teams across the organization
• Owning the experience of our customers by participating in weekday 12h x 5d and a separate weekend 24h x 2d on-call rotations

Benefits

• Equity
• Bonus (if applicable)