Staff Backend Engineer

Grafana Labs

Remote regions

US Canada

Salary range

$174,986–$209,983/yr

Benefits

6w PTO

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Key Responsibilities:

  • Build the core backend services: Design, implement, test, and operate the first services for context ingestion, indexing, retrieval orchestration, API access, and more.
  • Create a scalable SaaS foundation: Define architecture for multi-tenant service including tenant isolation, usage tracking, quotas, audit logs, and background jobs.
  • Power agent-facing retrieval workflows: Build APIs and service interfaces for AI agents, MCP tools, CLIs, and internal applications.

What We're Looking For:

  • Strong engineering skills building production-grade, user-facing software systems.
  • AI experience with a practical mindset, focusing on delivering high-quality solutions.
  • Quick iteration and experimentation, comfortable releasing prototypes and iterating.

Why You’ll Thrive at Grafana Labs:

  • 100% remote global culture with collaboration across 40+ countries.
  • Transparent communication, innovation-driven environment, and empowered teams.
  • Career growth pathways, approachable leadership, and a balanced global annual leave policy of 30 days.

Grafana Labs

Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana Cloud, a fully managed observability platform trusted by over 10,000 organizations. We are a 100% remote company with team members across 40+ countries, backed by leading investors, and we value an open-source legacy, global collaboration, and transparency.

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