Senior Backend Engineer - Grafana Backend Services | Ireland | Remote

6 hours, 20 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Grafana

Grafana

Grafana is the open observability platform providing analytics, monitoring, and visualization solutions with a focus on user control and cost efficiency.

IT Services
1K-5K
Founded 2014
$535M raised

Description

  • Work with the team to deliver new functionality and iterate based on results.
  • Contribute to and review design documents for upcoming features.
  • Own and operate backend services, including participating in on-call rotations.
  • Take responsibility for the Grafana Backend API, CLI tool, and supporting orchestration infrastructure.
  • Mentor and support other team members through design discussions and collaboration.
  • Share ideas and knowledge across teams and technical disciplines.
  • Work closely with other squads in the Grafana Division.
  • Influence the product roadmap and contribute beyond the immediate team scope.
  • Analyze, design, and build modular solutions, then ship MVPs and iterate based on feedback.

Requirements

  • Solid backend development experience, ideally with Go.
  • Good understanding of storage solutions, especially relational databases such as MySQL, SQLite, and Postgres.
  • Experience delivering projects from requirements gathering through brainstorming to shipping a product.
  • Experience writing clean, robust, performant software that is maintainable by others.
  • Experience mentoring junior engineers in a collaborative, asynchronous environment.
  • Ability to tackle complex challenges and break them into iterative learning loops.
  • Interest in or experience with open-source software and/or commercial open-source companies (preferred).
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (preferred).
  • Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, or Developer Efficiency work streams (preferred).
  • Experience using Grafana and Prometheus in operational roles (preferred).
  • Familiarity with on-call work and operations/SRE tasks (preferred).
  • Exposure to microservices architecture and distributed systems, or willingness to learn (preferred).
  • Role is available for candidates located in the UK, Germany, Spain, Ireland, and Sweden.

Benefits

  • Base compensation in Ireland of €104,000 - €130,000.
  • Equity as part of the compensation package.
  • Bonus eligibility, if applicable.
  • 100% remote, global work environment.
  • 30 days of annual leave per year, including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days.
  • In-person onboarding with the new hire cohort.
  • Career growth pathways and development opportunities.
  • Access to company-funded AI coding tools and frontier models within security guidelines.

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