Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Loki Query  | Spain | Remote @Grafana Labs

Overview

Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana Cloud, a fully managed observability platform trusted by over 10,000 organizations. This remote opportunity for a Senior Backend Engineer focuses on databases and Loki Query within the contexts of metrics, logs, and traces.

Key Responsibilities

• Take an active role in influencing the team’s roadmap and personal career objectives.
• Work with the team to deliver new features and iterate on them.
• Drive projects from initial ideation to operations.
• Contribute to an open-source culture and other projects outside your team’s scope.
• Design, build, operate, and maintain critical systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and availability.
• Participate in on-call rotations with ownership of services running.
• Support team members and engage in design discussions.
• Learn new skills and understand the cloud product, customers, and the codebase of a large distributed system.

Requirements

• Solid experience with at least one programming language such as Go, Python, C, C++, or Rust.
• Experience with delivering projects from requirements gathering to product shipment in a self-driven way.
• Experience developing software that operates in the Cloud or with systems engineering.
• Ability to write clean, robust, and maintainable software.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with Kubernetes and/or Docker.
• Prior use of Grafana and Prometheus in operational roles.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience with on-call tasks or infrastructure as code.

Benefits

• 100% Remote, global culture with a focus on collaboration.
• Transparent communication and open decision-making.
• Career growth pathways with defined opportunities for development.
• 30 days annual leave policy, including Grafana Shutdown Days.

Location

This role is remote, with preference for candidates based in Spain, Ireland, Germany, the UK, or Sweden.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply through the provided application link.

Deadline

No specific deadline mentioned.