Senior Backend Engineer – Grafana Backend Services

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

📋 Description

• Collaborate with your team to implement new functionalities and utilize the outcomes for continuous improvement.

• Participate in and evaluate design documents for upcoming features.

• Foster an open-source culture by contributing to other projects.

• Actively influence our roadmap and pursue your career objectives.

• Join 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 work collaboratively with the team.

• Share ideas and knowledge regularly across a diverse range of technical ideologies and perspectives.

• Collaborate closely with other squads within the Grafana Division.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong backend development experience, preferably with Go.

• Solid understanding of storage solutions, particularly relational databases like MySQL, SQLite, and Postgres.

• Proven experience in handling projects from requirement gathering to delivering a product to the customer independently.

• Proficient in writing clean, robust, and efficient software that can be easily maintained by others.

• Experience mentoring junior engineers in a collaborative yet asynchronous environment.

• Enjoy tackling complex solutions.

• Ability to take on intricate challenges and decompose them for effective learning loops.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity.

• Bonus (if applicable).

• Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum.

• Three days of annual leave designated for Grafana Shutdown Days to help the team disconnect.

• 100% Remote, Global Culture.

• Transparent Communication.

• Innovation-Driven.

• Career Growth Pathways.

• In-Person onboarding.