Senior Backend Engineer (Databases, Analytics)

Join Grafana Labs as a Senior Backend Engineer, where you'll help build the underlying storage system for our general-purpose data platform. This role offers high autonomy and the opportunity to shape the architecture and technical direction of a new product area. Enjoy a fully remote work environment, generous vacation, healthcare coverage, retirement planning, and professional development opportunities.

• Prendre en charge et construire une ou plusieurs parties de la base de données, y compris la conception, la mise en œuvre, les tests et l'exploitation.
• Aider à définir et à construire l'architecture d'un service de base de données multi-tenant, y compris l'isolement des locataires, le suivi de l'utilisation, les quotas, les journaux d'audit.
• Construire des API et des interfaces de base de données qui permettent aux agents d'IA, aux outils MCP, aux CLIs et aux applications internes de récupérer rapidement des données.

• Experience using observability tools to understand and troubleshoot system behavior
• Experience with distributed systems, catalogs and table formats, query engines
• Exposure to working in cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Proven track record of delivering software that made it into production and is actively used by users
• Quick iteration and experimentation: You’re comfortable releasing prototypes, collecting feedback, and iterating with a pragmatic mindset
• Proven initiative: You take ownership and drive projects forward, pushing boundaries to find the most impactful solutions. You can deal with ambiguity and are able to define scope where things are loosely defined
• Mastery of a programming language like golang, C++, or Rust
• AI experience with a practical mindset: You’re familiar with AI technologies and frameworks, and you focus on delivering high-quality solutions that work in the real world, not just in theory
• Strong engineering skills: Solid experience building production-grade, user-facing software systems. You’re a self-starter, capable of tackling complex engineering problems and making design decisions with minimal supervision
• Collaborative attitude: You communicate effectively with your peers. You’re open to feedback, and you bring a solutions-oriented mindset to the table
• Experience building distributed query engines
• Experience building data warehouses and/or data lakes
• Experience building tools for data engineering

USD 154,445 - 185,334