Staff Backend Engineer – Grafana App Platform

Grafana Labs

Staff Backend Engineer developing Grafana App Platform in a remote team environment for the US and Canada. Engaging in cloud service transformation and system enhancement.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $174,986 - $209,983 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

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 - Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum.

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Hard Skills & Tools

codingoperational experienceSaaSdistributed systemsscalabilitymulti-tenancydata isolationhigh availabilityGolang

Soft Skills

communicationmentoringcollaborationtransparencyfeedbackpragmatismhandling ambiguity