Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Software Engineer - LokiWhat is Grafana Cloud?  Grafana Cloud is our composable observability platform that integrates metrics, logs, and traces with Grafana. It allows our customers to leverage the best open source observability software – including Prometheus, Mimir, Loki, and Tempo – without the overhead of installing, maintaining and scaling their own observability stack. The Databases team owns the telemetry databases that are , , , and . Our databases are OSS projects that we also offer as a Cloud service supporting Grafana Cloud, and as an on-premise solution. They are multi-tenant distributed systems implemented in Go and running on Kubernetes across all major Cloud service providers (GCP, Azure, AWS). We also have engineers working on , , , and OpenTelemetry. As a company we are remote-first and global, we embrace people of different experiences and backgrounds to build diverse teams where every person brings a new perspective to the software. Our tech stack is mostly made up of services written in Go, running on multiple Kubernetes clusters that leverage Cloud object storage. What will you be doing?  Take an active role in influencing our roadmap and your own career objectives Work with your team to deliver new features, then use the results to iterate and improve.Drive projects from initial ideation all the way to operations once it is in the hands of customersEmbrace our open-source culture and contribute to other projects that may not directly fall within your team’s scopeDesign, build, operate, and maintain critical systems, owning the reliability, performance, and availabilityBe a part of your team’s on-call rotations and take ownership of the services you’re runningMentor and support other team members, participate in design discussions and collaborate with the teamLearn new skills by gaining a deeper understanding of our cloud product and our customers and getting to know the codebase of a large distributed system As we are remote-first and our engineering organization is largely remote, we provide guidance and meet regularly using video calls, so an independent attitude and good communication skills are a must.What are we looking for in you?  You are a motivated self starter with a bias towards actionYou are customer focused. We build everything with our users in mind. You have a passion for creating intuitive products that fit customers’ needs Pragmatism: You are able to take on complex challenges and break them down to achieve short feedback loops: to analyze, design, and build modular solutions, deliver MVPs, gather data and feedback and then progress iterativelyCollaboration and communication: The smallest unit we have is a team. You’ll be working with your teammates in a fully remote setup. Good communication skills are a must 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 wellSome experience with delivering projects from gathering requirements, brainstorming ideas all the way to shipping a product to the customer’s hands in a self-driven waySome experience with developing software that runs in the Cloud or some experience with systems engineeringExperience writing clean, robust, and performant software that is easily maintained by others Nice to haves: Experience working with KubernetesBeen 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 learnFamiliarity with being on-call and performing operations/SRE tasks or with the concept of infrastructure as code In Germany, the base compensation range for this role is €91,464 - €114,330. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process. Benefits include equity, bonus (if applicable) and other benefits listed .*Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market’s defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process