Grafana Labs · 1 day ago
Senior Backend Engineer - Grafana App Platform | US (EST) | Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelGrafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse with over 20M users of its visualization tool. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance their Grafana-as-a-service platform, focusing on developing scalable, multi-tenant architecture and improving customer experience through coding new features and mentoring team members.
AnalyticsCloud Data ServicesData VisualizationOpen SourceSoftware
Responsibilities
Coding new features, enhancing the operational experience of the systems you develop, and iteratively improving them based on production insights
Authoring, contributing to and reviewing design documents
Taking an active role in shaping the roadmap
Mentoring and supporting other team members and collaborating with different teams across the organization
Owning the experience of our customers by participating in weekday 12h x 5d and a separate weekend 24h x 2d on-call rotations
Qualification
Required
You have strong coding skills and operational experience; you were responsible for operating the software you have built
You have worked on a SaaS platform and dealt with common distributed systems problems (e.g. scalability, multi-tenancy, data isolation, HA, …)
You have excellent communication skills. You can express your ideas with great clarity in writing and during meetings. You know when to pick which mode of communication
You are willing to work across teams. Your work has to be aligned with the needs of other squads and external stakeholders. You make your plans transparent, bring stakeholders on board, and are open to feedback and suggestions
You are pragmatic; you prioritize progress over perfection; you can handle ambiguity
We are using Golang on the backend; you are either already familiar with Golang or are excited to learn the language
Benefits
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
100% Remote, Global Culture
Scaling Organization
Transparent Communication
Innovation-Driven
Open Source Roots
Empowered Teams
Career Growth Pathways
Approachable Leadership
Passionate People
In-Person onboarding
Balance is Key
30 days of annual leave
Company
Grafana Labs
Grafana Labs is an open-source software platform built to support monitoring, visualization, and metric analytics.
Founded in 2014
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$805.23MKey Investors
Lightspeed Venture PartnersGIC
2024-08-21Series D· $270M
2024-08-21Secondary Market
2022-04-06Series D· $240M
Leadership Team
Raj Dutt
co-founder/ceo
Anthony Woods
Co-Founder
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