Senior Backend Engineer
Core
Deliver Grafana Backend Services (API, CLI, orchestration infrastructure) for On-Prem and Cloud customers at scale.
Role type
Staff Backend Engineer (IC)
Builds
Grafana Backend API, CLI tool, and orchestration infrastructure for the Cloud product
Domain
Observability, Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, Relational Databases (MySQL, SQLite, Postgres), Clean code architecture, Mentoring, Product delivery lifecycle
Preferred skills
Open-source experience, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, DevOps, Microservices, SRE/On-call, Prometheus
Technologies
Go, MySQL, SQLite, Postgres, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Prometheus, GPT-Codex, Claude, Gemini
Responsibilities
Design and build modular backend solutions, review design documents, participate in on-call rotations, mentor junior engineers, influence roadmap, collaborate across squads
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities
