Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Analytics

About this role

Build the database layer for Grafana Labs’ new AI-native data intelligence platform. The role spans analytics and near-real-time data capabilities, from storage and query systems to the foundations of a multi-tenant SaaS service.

About the company

Grafana Labs builds open-source and commercial observability tools for metrics, logs, and traces, centered on Grafana dashboards. It helps teams monitor infrastructure and applications and investigate incidents.

What you'll do

• Design, implement, test, and operate database components such as ingestion, query planning, distributed execution, and storage formats
• Build architecture for a scalable, multi-tenant database service, including isolation, quotas, usage tracking, audit logs, and background jobs
• Develop APIs and database interfaces for agent-facing data retrieval workflows
• Instrument and operate database services using observability tools
• Shape architecture, service boundaries, storage choices, APIs, and deployment practices

What we're looking for

• Production experience building user-facing software systems
• Experience with distributed systems, catalogs and table formats, or query engines
• Proficiency in a language such as Go, C++, or Rust
• Track record of delivering software used in production
• Experience in cloud-native environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience using observability tools to troubleshoot system behavior
• Practical familiarity with AI technologies and frameworks
• Ability to take ownership, iterate quickly, and work effectively amid ambiguity

Nice to have

• Experience building distributed query engines
• Experience building data warehouses or data lakes
• Experience building data engineering tools

Benefits

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• 30 days of annual leave per year, including three Grafana shutdown days
• In-person onboarding