Staff Backend Engineer - Application Core Services, Stacks | Usa | Remote

Grafana Labs

USA
Remote
Golang programming experience
Distributed systems knowledge
Saas platform development
Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer for their Application Core Services team, focusing on building and maintaining critical systems that support their Grafana Cloud platform. This fully remote position emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and the use of AI tools to enhance software development

Job Summary

  • The role involves designing and operating reconciliation systems to track desired stack state and detect drift across multiple Grafana Cloud environments.
  • Engineers will collaborate across service boundaries to ensure reliable stack lifecycle workflows including provisioning, configuration rollout, and migrations.
  • The team embraces AI-assisted development with company-funded usage budgets for modern coding assistants to enhance productivity and iteration speed.

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Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer for their Application Core Services team, focusing on building and maintaining critical systems that support their Grafana Cloud platform. This fully remote position emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and the use of AI tools to enhance software development.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Golang programming experience
  • Distributed systems knowledge
  • SaaS platform development
  • Remote work experience
  • Stack lifecycle management
  • Reconciliation system design

Nice-to-have

  • AI-assisted development practices
  • Agentic capabilities integration
  • Open source community contribution
  • Cross-timezone collaboration
  • Incident response expertise
  • Cloud marketplace integration

Key Requirements

  • At least 1 year of fully remote work experience
  • Professional experience with Golang
  • Experience building big SaaS platforms
  • Knowledge of distributed systems problems
  • Ability to work in USA time zones (EST + CST)

Work Rights

Must be located in USA time zones (EST + CST only)

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