Senior Backend Engineer – Databases, Loki Ingest

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom, +4 more countries.

📋 Description

• Actively participate in shaping our roadmap and defining your career goals.

• Collaborate with your team to implement new features, then leverage the outcomes to iterate and enhance.

• Lead projects from the initial concept through to operations once they are in the hands of customers.

• Embrace our open-source ethos and contribute to projects that may extend beyond your team's immediate focus.

• Design, construct, operate, and maintain essential systems, taking responsibility for their reliability, performance, and availability.

• Engage in your team’s on-call rotations and take ownership of the services you manage.

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

• Acquire new skills by deepening your understanding of our cloud product and customer needs while familiarizing yourself with the codebase of a large distributed system.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Some experience in delivering projects, from requirement gathering and brainstorming to successfully shipping a product to customers independently.

• Some experience in developing software for the Cloud or in systems engineering.

• Proven ability to write clean, robust, and efficient software that can be easily maintained by others.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity

• Bonus (if applicable)

• 30 days of annual leave

• Flexible working hours

• Professional development opportunities

• Global collaborative culture