Staff Backend Engineer – Session Replay

Grafana Labs

Staff Software Engineer at Grafana Labs working on backend architecture for new products. Driving technical direction and collaborating with teams to enhance user experience.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $174,986 - $218,733 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGrafana

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

own end-to-end technical direction for Session Replay, spanning frontend, backend, and data systems
drive the evolution of our backend architecture, including designing systems around columnar/analytical data storage for large-scale session data
define data models, ingestion pipelines, and query patterns
lead the design of investigation workflows, connecting replay with logs, metrics, traces and other telemetry across Grafana Cloud
make high-leverage architectural decisions that impact multiple teams and products
partner with teams across Grafana to build cohesive cross-product experiences
improve engineering standards, patterns, and operational practices within the team
mentor engineers and help grow technical leadership within the team

Requirements

What you’ll need

comfortable working in a remote-first company; communication is key
collaborative, friendly, kind, and respectful. We operate by consensus
ability to reason about data-intensive systems (ingestion, storage, querying, cost trade-offs)
comfortable owning features in ambiguous problem spaces
good understanding of a software development process that takes a user-centered approach
enjoy working on complex solutions

Benefits

Comp & perks

equity
bonus (if applicable)
global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum
3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to really disconnect

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Hard Skills & Tools

backend architecturedata modelsingestion pipelinesquery patternssession replaydata storagetelemetryGrafana Cloudengineering standardssoftware development process

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationkindnessrespectproblem-solvinguser-centered approachmentoringtechnical leadershipambiguity managementteamwork