Strong coding skills in golang or willingness to learn
Experience with saas platforms at scale
Operational experience owning built software
Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer for their remote team, focusing on enhancing their Grafana-as-a-service platform. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with SaaS platforms, particularly in multi-tenant and scalable systems, and should possess strong coding skills, preferably in Golang
Job Summary
Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse serving over 20 million users globally with its visualization and observability tools.
The role involves refactoring Grafana's core architecture to be fully multi-tenant and scalable while ensuring safe rollouts to avoid service disruptions.
Candidates will own customer experience through weekday and weekend on-call rotations and have access to company-funded AI coding assistants.
Matching Summary
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Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer for their remote team, focusing on enhancing their Grafana-as-a-service platform. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with SaaS platforms, particularly in multi-tenant and scalable systems, and should possess strong coding skills, preferably in Golang.
Salary
Base: $186,368 - $223,642 CAD; Bonus/Equity: Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) included; Benefits: Not specified
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Strong coding skills in Golang or willingness to learn
Experience with SaaS platforms at scale
Operational experience owning built software
Knowledge of distributed systems problems
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Nice-to-have
Pragmatic approach prioritizing progress over perfection
Ability to handle ambiguity effectively
Experience collaborating across multiple teams
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools
Passion for open-source community values
Key Requirements
3+ years of SaaS platform experience
Proficiency in Golang or strong aptitude to learn it
Experience with scalability and multi-tenancy challenges