About the job
Grafana Labs creates open-source observability tools used by millions worldwide. Organizations such as NASA and eBay rely on Grafana dashboards to monitor everything from environmental data to gaming metrics. Over 3,000 companies run their operations using the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be accessed through Grafana Cloud or deployed as a self-managed Grafana Enterprise Stack. The stack includes components for metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki), and traces (Grafana Tempo).
As a remote-first company, Grafana Labs emphasizes open-source values, collaboration, and meaningful contributions. Engineers work with a high degree of autonomy and transparency, helping to shape products trusted by thousands of organizations.
This remote role is open to candidates based in Spain, Germany, the UK, or Sweden.
Role overview
Senior Backend Engineers at Grafana Labs join either the Query or Storage team. The work centers on maintaining the open-source Grafana Mimir OSS project and managing Grafana Cloud Metrics across major cloud providers. The focus is on building and supporting large-scale distributed systems where reliability and efficiency matter.
What you will do
- Maintain and enhance the Grafana Mimir open-source project
- Manage infrastructure for Grafana Cloud Metrics on leading cloud platforms
- Drive improvements in performance and reliability based on real-world needs
- Collaborate with fellow engineers on significant backend initiatives
- Write and review pull requests and technical design documents
- Oversee automated release rollouts
- Participate in the on-call rotation for supported systems
This position offers the opportunity to help shape, optimize, and scale a widely used metrics platform.
