Requirements

You are a motivated self-starter with a bias toward action
You have a passion for creating intuitive products that fit customers’ needs
Pragmatism: You are able to take on complex challenges and break them down to achieve short feedback loops: to analyze, design, and build modular solutions, deliver MVPs, gather data and feedback and then progress iteratively
You are comfortable working in a remote-first company; communication is key
You have professional experience as a backend engineer with expertise in cloud microservice architecture, systems design, Go, and Kubernetes (Typescript and React are a plus)
You are someone who is naturally curious, motivated to grow and thrives in a collaborative environment
You enjoy working on complex solutions – Grafana is a highly technological solution and has avid followers who rely on it every day and care deeply about their workflows
You have experience working with AI/LLM-powered systems, such as building integrations with agentic workflows or improving developer efficiency with AI tools
Backend technologies: Go and familiarity with other backend languages
Configuration technologies: Jsonnet and Terraform
Containerization and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
Strong experience with designing and developing software that runs in the Cloud or experience with systems engineering
Solid experience with distributed systems
Familiarity with being on-call and performing operational/SRE tasks
Experience with the latest LLM models and workflows

Nice to Haves

Monitoring and observability: Familiarity with tools like Grafana, Prometheus or other observability platforms
Networking experience (DNS, SSH, SOCKS)
Frontend technologies: Typescript and React

Enhancing the querying experience through improving how queries are transformed, routed, and delivered at scale
Influencing the design of our microservice architecture
Supporting the reliability, scalability, and operations of data sources in Grafana Cloud
Engineering new connection types to remote data sources
Collaborating with engineers and teams across the Grafana division
Take an active role in influencing our roadmap and your own career objectives
As we have embraced a remote-first approach and our engineering team is primarily remote, it is essential to possess strong communication skills and the ability to work independently. We provide support and hold regular meetings through video calls to ensure effective collaboration and alignment.

In Germany, the Base compensation range for this role is €109,000 - €137,000. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process. Benefits include equity, bonus (if applicable) and other benefits
100% Remote, Global Culture - As a remote-only company, we bring together talent from around the world, united by a culture of collaboration and shared purpose
Scaling Organization – Tackle meaningful work in a high-growth, ever-evolving environment
Transparent Communication – Expect open decision-making and regular company-wide updates
Innovation-Driven – Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things
Open Source Roots – Built on community-driven values that shape how we work
Empowered Teams – High trust, low ego culture that values outcomes over optics
Career Growth Pathways – Defined opportunities to grow and develop your career
Approachable Leadership – Transparent execs who are involved, visible, and human
Passionate People – Join a team of smart, supportive folks who care deeply about what they do
In-Person onboarding - We want you to thrive from day 1 with your fellow new ‘Grafanistas’ to learn all about what we do and how we do it
Balance is Key - We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to really disconnect. *We will comply with local legislation where applicable