Staff Backend Engineer focusing on adaptive telemetry and databases for Grafana Labs. Responsible for technical strategy, project delivery, and system reliability.
Responsibilities
Drive technical strategy and roadmap.
Lead end-to-end delivery of large, cross-functional projects.
Own architecture, reliability, performance and cost for critical systems.
Define SLOs/SLIs and lead incident response.
Improve observability, automation and operational readiness.
Align stakeholders and remove blockers.
Mentor and grow engineering talent.
Represent engineering internally and externally.
Requirements
Proven delivery of large distributed systems.
Strong systems-design instincts.
Hands-on cloud and platform experience.
Reliability and performance ownership.
Excellent coding and design skills.
Comfort with AI-assisted development.
Experience with messaging and telemetry.
Influence without authority.
Strong communicator.
Benefits
Equity
Bonus (if applicable)
30 days annual leave
3 days of annual leave entitlement reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days
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