Staff Backend Engineer - Alerting

at Grafana Labs

📍 Germany

EUR 109,700-131,700 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote

Tech Stack
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Communication @ 7 Go @ 3 Grafana @ 4 Java @ 3 Prometheus Python @ 3 Rust @ 3

Details

Grafana Alerting operates at the core of the Grafana open-source project. The backend-focused team works closely with customers and Grafana Cloud teams to make Alerting work on-premises and at infinite scale in the cloud. Recent projects include scaling Prometheus-based alert ingestion and delivery, unifying alerting setup and delivery across Grafana and Prometheus-based alerts, and scaling evaluation of Grafana-managed alerts to more than 500 evaluations per second in production.

Responsibilities

Influence the product roadmap and personal career objectives.
Deliver new features with the team and iterate based on results.
Drive projects from initial ideation through operations after delivery to customers.
Contribute to open-source projects beyond the team’s immediate scope.
Design, build, operate, and maintain critical systems, owning their reliability, performance, and availability.
Participate in on-call rotations and take ownership of operated services.
Mentor and support team members, participate in design discussions, and collaborate with the team.
Develop a deeper understanding of Grafana Cloud, customers, and the codebase of a large distributed system.

Requirements

Motivated, self-starting approach with a bias toward action.
Customer-focused mindset and passion for creating intuitive products that meet customer needs.
Pragmatic approach to breaking down complex challenges, delivering modular solutions and MVPs, gathering feedback, and iterating.
Strong collaboration and communication skills for a fully remote environment.
Solid experience with at least one programming language. Grafana Labs uses Go; familiarity with Python, Java, C++, Rust, or similar languages is also relevant.
Experience delivering projects from requirements gathering and ideation through product release.
Experience developing cloud software or working in systems engineering.
Experience writing clean, robust, performant, and maintainable software.
An independent attitude and strong communication skills for remote-first work.

Compensation & Rewards

Annual compensation in Germany: EUR 109,709–131,651.
Compensation varies based on level, experience, and skill set.
All roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Benefits

100% remote, global culture.
Transparent communication and open decision-making.
Autonomy and support in an innovation-driven environment.
Open-source culture and empowered teams.
Career growth pathways and approachable leadership.
In-person onboarding.
Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum, including three Grafana Shutdown Days where applicable under local legislation.
Equal opportunity employment.