Staff Backend Engineer, Alerting | UK | Remote

at Grafana Labs

📍 United Kingdom

GBP 104,000-124,800 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote

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Communication @ 7 Distributed Systems Go @ 3 Grafana @ 4 Java @ 3 Prometheus Python @ 3 Rust @ 3

Details

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join the Grafana Alerting squad. The team works on the Grafana open-source project and builds alerting systems for on-premises deployments and Grafana Cloud at scale.

The role involves developing distributed systems for Prometheus-based alert ingestion and delivery, unifying alerting setup and delivery across Grafana and Prometheus-based alerts, and scaling the evaluation of Grafana-managed alerts.

Responsibilities

Influence the product roadmap and personal career objectives.
Work with the team to deliver new features and iterate based on results.
Drive projects from initial ideation through operations and customer delivery.
Contribute to open-source projects beyond the immediate team’s 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 a large distributed-system codebase.

Requirements

A motivated, self-starting approach with a bias toward action.
Customer focus and a passion for creating intuitive products that meet customer needs.
Pragmatism and the ability to break down complex challenges into modular solutions with short feedback loops.
Strong collaboration and communication skills in 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 shipping to customers.
Experience developing software that runs in the cloud or experience with systems engineering.
Experience writing clean, robust, performant, and maintainable software.
An independent attitude and effective communication skills.

Benefits

100% remote, global culture.
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
Career growth pathways.
In-person onboarding.
Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum, including three Grafana Shutdown Days, subject to local legislation.
Transparent communication, empowered teams, and an open-source culture.