Senior Backend Engineer – Alerting

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Actively contribute to shaping our roadmap and defining your personal career goals.

• Collaborate with your team to introduce new features, utilizing results to refine and enhance them.

• Lead projects from initial brainstorming through to operational deployment once they are in the hands of customers.

• Embrace our open-source ethos and participate in other projects that may extend beyond your team's direct responsibilities.

• Design, develop, operate, and sustain critical systems, ensuring their reliability, performance, and availability.

• Participate in your team's on-call rotations and take responsibility for the services you manage.

• Mentor and assist fellow team members, engage in design discussions, and collaborate effectively with the team.

• Acquire new skills by deepening your knowledge of our cloud product and customers, while familiarizing yourself with the codebase of a large distributed system.

⛳️ Requirements

• You are a driven self-starter with a proactive approach.

• You prioritize customer needs.

• Our development is centered around our users.

• You possess a passion for crafting intuitive products that cater to customer requirements.

• Pragmatism: You can tackle complex issues and decompose them to create short feedback loops for analysis, design, and construction of modular solutions, deliver MVPs, collect data and feedback, and then iteratively advance.

• Collaboration and communication: The fundamental unit we operate with is the team. You will collaborate with your colleagues in a fully remote environment. Strong communication skills are essential.

• Solid experience with at least one programming language. We utilize Go, but familiarity with Python, Java, C++, Rust, or similar languages is also applicable.

• Some experience in delivering projects from requirement gathering and idea generation to product launch in a self-directed manner.

• Some experience in developing cloud-based software or systems engineering.

• Experience in writing clean, robust, and efficient software that is easily maintainable by others.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% Remote, Global Culture - As a fully remote company, we unite talent from across the globe, fostered by a collaborative and purposeful culture.

• Scaling Organization – Engage in meaningful work within a high-growth, dynamic environment.

• Transparent Communication – Anticipate open decision-making processes and regular updates across the company.

• Innovation-Driven – Enjoy autonomy and support to produce excellent work and explore new ideas.

• Open Source Roots – Our foundation is built on community-driven values that influence our work practices.

• Empowered Teams – We maintain a high-trust, low-ego culture that emphasizes outcomes over appearances.

• Career Growth Pathways – Clearly defined opportunities to advance and develop your career.

• Approachable Leadership – Transparent executives who are engaged, visible, and relatable.

• Passionate People – Join a team of intelligent, supportive individuals who are deeply committed to their work.

• In-Person onboarding - We aim for you to thrive from day one alongside your fellow new ‘Grafanistas’ to learn about our operations and culture.

• Balance is Key - We implement a global annual leave policy of 30 days per year, with 3 days dedicated to Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to fully disconnect.