Grafana Labs
Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Analytics | US | Remote
$154K–$185K
United States (Remote) +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Location
- United States (Remote)
USA (Remote)
About the job
Build the database and SaaS foundations of an AI-native enterprise data platform, supporting analytics queries, fresh data, and agent-facing retrieval.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, test, and operate database components such as ingestion, query planning and execution, and data and storage formats.
- Build a scalable, multi-tenant database service, including tenant isolation, usage tracking, quotas, audit logs, and reliable service boundaries.
- Create retrieval APIs and interfaces for AI agents and operate database services using observability tools.
What they ask for
- Strong experience building production-grade, user-facing software systems and delivering software actively used by users.
- Experience with distributed systems, catalogs and table formats, and query engines.
- Mastery of a programming language such as golang, C++, or Rust.
- Exposure to cloud-native environments and experience using observability tools to troubleshoot system behavior.
Nice to have
- Experience building distributed query engines.
- Experience building data warehouses, data lakes, or tools for data engineering.
Pay
$154,445 - $185,334 USD base salary
Tools
golang, C++, Rust, AWS, GCP, Azure, MCP
AI focus
Build an AI-native data intelligence system and database interfaces that provide AI agents reliable, governed access to enterprise context and data.
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