Grafana Labs
Staff Backend Engineer - Mimir Query, Databases | USA | Remote
$175K–$210K
United States (Remote) +2 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Location
- United States (Remote)
Canada (Remote)
USA (Remote)
About the job
Design, build, operate, and improve Mimir’s distributed metrics-query systems and related Grafana Cloud services, with responsibility for reliability, performance, and availability.
What you'll do
- Deliver features and projects from initial design through production operations; iterate based on results.
- Design, maintain, and improve critical systems, and contribute to code reviews, design discussions, and open-source projects.
- Participate in follow-the-sun on-call rotations and take ownership of services in production.
What they ask for
- Solid experience with at least one programming language; Go is used, while Python, C, C++, Rust, or similar experience translates well.
- Experience leading and delivering projects from requirements gathering through shipping to customers.
- Experience developing cloud software or systems engineering; experience with on-call and the DevOps model.
- Experience writing clean, robust, maintainable, performant software; familiarity with observability systems and comfort with microservices and distributed systems.
Nice to have
- Experience with Kubernetes or queue systems such as the Kafka protocol.
- Operational experience with Grafana and Prometheus, or familiarity with infrastructure as code.
Pay
USD 174,986 - USD 209,983 (base compensation)
Tools
Go, Python, C, C++, Rust, Kubernetes, Kafka, Prometheus
AI focus
Use AI coding assistants and develop with LLMs in daily work; AI-assisted development includes prototyping, test generation, refactoring, documentation, and incident follow-ups.
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