Senior Backend Engineer - Synthetic Monitoring | Spain | Remote

Requirements:

• Strong 8+ years of experience with at least one programming language. We use Go, but do not require candidates with Go experience. Long term experience in any major language (Python, .NET, Java, Rust, etc) with a willingness to learn Go is acceptable.
• Demonstrated experience working with and monitoring Kubernetes in a production environment
• Experience with cloud-based software development and production systems
• Experience writing clean, maintainable, robust, and performant software
• Familiarity with observability tooling (e.g. Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, OpenTelemetry)
• Experience with delivering projects from start to finish in a self-driven manner
• Experience in a hands-on technical leadership role, setting technical direction and leading project teams
• Experience with distributed systems
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Strong mentoring and leadership skills
• Experience participating in an on-call rotation and incident management

Nice to Haves:

• Experience designing and building observability backends for various systems and applications
• Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects, with evidence of successful pull requests and community collaboration
• In-depth knowledge of cloud platform internals
• Strong understanding of metrics collection, visualization, and alerting concepts

What You'll Be Doing:

• Design and implement high-quality, scalable services to be consumed by multiple Grafana Cloud products
• Work with product teams, in addition to design and docs, to develop features that align with wider product strategy and customer needs
• Support the technical direction and vision of the team, contributing to strategic discussions and future development of observability solutions
• When necessary, represent Grafana Labs in open-source forums, working groups, and events
• Work with other departments including Sales, Product, and Support teams to deliver a holistic product experience
• Be a part of your team's follow-the-sun on-call rotations and take ownership of the services you're running
• Embrace our open-source culture and contribute to other projects that may not directly fall within your team's scope

Perks and Benefits:

• Remote-first global culture
• Scaling organization with opportunities for career growth
• Transparent communication
• Innovation-driven environment
• Open-source roots
• Empowered teams with high trust and low ego culture
• Approachable leadership
• Passionate people in a supportive community
• In-person onboarding process
• Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum
• Equality and diversity in the workplace