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$127,500–$172,500/yr
Global

  • Design and implement new features for InfluxDB 3, including Import/Export, Data Transformation Pipelines, and WebUI integration.
  • Debug and fix issues such as performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, and other production problems.
  • Be part of a production on-call rotation and work directly with the platform team to improve operational aspects.

Rust C++ Go Distributed Systems Database Systems

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Global Unlimited PTO

  • Set technical direction for InfluxDB 3.0, a columnar time series database built in Rust with Apache Arrow and DataFusion.
  • Design and write production Rust for the storage engine: ingestion, compaction, columnar storage, caching, and query execution.
  • Lead engineering standards, mentor senior engineers, and represent InfluxData to executives and customers.

InfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB, the leading time series platform for collecting, storing, and analyzing time series data at any scale. It is a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce.

North America 6w PTO

  • Take an active role in influencing the roadmap and own critical systems for Grafana's next-generation storage layer.
  • Collaborate with your team to design, build, operate, and maintain large distributed systems at scale.
  • Mentor teammates and participate in on-call rotations while embracing open-source culture.

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, built on an open-source legacy and a collaborative, innovation-driven culture.

$192,000–$192,000/yr
US

  • Lead large-scale Sensor Platform initiatives in high-throughput ingestion, pipeline scalability, and queue management reliability.
  • Own root cause analysis and postmortems for complex production issues across capture pipeline and message broker integration.
  • Champion standards for documentation, observability, and performance benchmarks while mentoring engineers through reviews.

Dragos is a global leader in OT/ICS cybersecurity, combining technology, threat intelligence, and expert services to protect critical infrastructure. The remote-first team across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and APAC is built on authenticity, transparency, and trust.

Canada 5w PTO

  • Lead multi-month engineering initiatives for a distributed tracing platform, from technical design to production operations.
  • Own and improve backend components across data ingestion, storage, query processing, and metrics generation.
  • Mentor engineers, contribute to open source, and build scalable APIs for observability and AI-powered workflows.

Grafana Labs builds open-source observability tools, including the Tempo distributed tracing platform. This remote-first, globally distributed team values autonomy, transparency, and open-source collaboration.

India

  • Design and deliver robust, high-scale routing experiences for Twilio Segment Data Pipelines.
  • Operate complex distributed systems in cloud environments and collaborate with design, product, and engineering.
  • Mentor engineers, join on-call rotation, and improve reliability through tooling and debugging.

Twilio is a cloud communications company that powers personalized customer experiences for hundreds of thousands of businesses and millions of developers. It is a remote-first organization with a strong culture of connection, inclusion, and continuous learning.

$120,078–$144,094/yr
North America 6w PTO

  • Own technical direction for Tempo, the open-source tracing backend, on multi-month initiatives spanning design, delivery, and operations.
  • Own major components like ingestion, storage, query, and metrics generation while driving operational excellence through automation and SLOs.
  • Mentor engineers and collaborate with product, staff, and community teams to evolve Tempo into a platform for observability products.

Grafana Labs builds Grafana Cloud, a managed observability platform trusted by 10,000+ organizations. We are 100% remote with team members in 40+ countries and a collaborative, open-source-driven culture.

North America

  • Set the technical direction for ServiceNow's Health Log Analytics data platform across collection, ingestion, storage, and query.
  • Partner with engineering, product, and customers to shape the roadmap and turn feedback into clear, actionable plans.
  • Raise the bar through design reviews, mentoring engineers, and leading reliability and efficiency improvements.

ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention, bringing together any AI, any data, and any workflow to help 85% of the Fortune 500 work smarter. The company fosters an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together, freeing people from busywork to focus on meaningful work.

India

  • Design real-world database engineering tasks to assess AI agents' problem-solving skills.
  • Create reference implementations, tests, and grading rubrics for correctness and performance.
  • Collaborate with reviewers to refine tasks and ensure rigorous evaluation standards.

The hiring company advances AI capabilities by evaluating complex database engineering problems. It partners with Jobgether to source specialized contractors and offers project-based remote work.

Global 5w PTO 16w maternity 6w paternity

  • Design and build distributed systems for ingestion, normalization, processing, storage, and delivery of realtime market data.
  • Build and operate streaming solutions handling event ordering, timestamps, duplicates, replay, gaps, and recovery.
  • Lead technical decisions, write clear designs, and mentor engineers to deliver reliable data platforms.

Dune is a blockchain data and intelligence provider making onchain finance observable, serving 130+ chains and 1,000+ industry leaders. We're a tight-knit team of ~50 hardworking people across Europe and US timezones, humble yet ambitious.

$115,200–$162,000/yr
North America Unlimited PTO

  • Build and iterate on Rust backend features for the Knowledge Graph service, including query and indexing flows.
  • Maintain integrations across GitLab, including Rails, NATS, ClickHouse, and the Duo Agent Platform.
  • Contribute to design discussions and improve operational maturity with metrics, runbooks, and async collaboration.

GitLab is an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps that helps organizations improve developer productivity and security. More than 50 million users and over half the Fortune 100 trust GitLab's all-remote, high-performance culture.

$118,486–$142,183/yr
Europe 6w PTO

  • Build reliability into the product by writing production code in our services and the Mimir, Loki, and Tempo codebases.
  • Lead technical design, own the SLO framework, and improve observability and alerting.
  • Be on call for highest-SLA customers, lead incident response, and mentor engineers to multiply impact.

Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana Cloud, the fully managed observability platform trusted by more than 10,000 organizations. We are a 100% remote company with team members across 40+ countries, backed by leading investors and driven by an open-source, collaborative culture.

US 3w PTO

  • Design, build, test, and maintain core components of the replication engine, from capture through apply.
  • Integrate with databases and cloud platforms such as Db2, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Databricks, Kafka, and Microsoft Fabric.
  • Work with support, QA, and product to investigate complex customer issues and ship robust fixes and enhancements.

Stelo builds enterprise-class data replication software that moves live data between databases and cloud platforms, freeing organizations from static data pipelines. The company is a small, dedicated team that has been 100% remote since its founding, with a strong emphasis on work/life balance and excellent benefits.