Grafana Labs · 3 days ago
Senior Backend Engineer - Grafana App Platform | US (EST) | Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$154K/yr - $193K/yrGrafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse with over 20 million users of its visualization tool. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance their Grafana App Platform, focusing on coding new features and improving operational experiences while mentoring team members and collaborating across the organization.
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
Strong coding skills and operational experience; responsible for operating the software built
Experience working on a SaaS platform and dealing with common distributed systems problems (e.g. scalability, multi-tenancy, data isolation, HA, …)
Excellent communication skills; able to express ideas with great clarity in writing and during meetings
Willingness to work across teams; aligning work with the needs of other squads and external stakeholders
Pragmatic approach; prioritizing progress over perfection and able to handle ambiguity
Familiarity with Golang or excitement to learn the language
Benefits
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success.
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 - We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum.
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
Recent News
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