Staff Backend Engineer - Grafana Second Horizon | Germany | Remote

Requirements

• Strong engineering skills: Solid experience building production-grade, user-facing software systems.
• AI experience with a practical mindset.
• Quick iteration and experimentation.
• Proven initiative.
• Collaborative attitude.
• Experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and applications powered by GenAI.
• Proven track record of delivering software actively used by users.
• Exposure to working in cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience using observability tools to understand and troubleshoot system behavior.

Nice to Haves

• Experience building or working with agent frameworks or multi-agent workflows.
• Experience as a data analyst or work with data platforms (e.g., Looker, Tableau, PowerBI, Snowflake, DataBricks).
• Experience building tools for data engineering.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build the core backend services: Design, implement, test, and operate the first services for context ingestion, indexing, retrieval orchestrations, APIs, source configuration, and system administration.
• Create a scalable SaaS foundation.
• Power agent-facing retrieval workflows.
• Work across product and infrastructure.
• Operate what you build.
• Contribute to technical direction.
• Effective communication.
• Ownership and impact.

Perks and Benefits

• 100% Remote, Global Culture.
• Scaling Organization.
• Transparent Communication.
• Innovation-Driven.
• Open Source Roots.
• Empowered Teams.
• Career Growth Pathways.
• Approachable Leadership.
• Passionate People.
• In-Person Onboarding.
• Balance is Key.