Staff Backend Engineer - Grafana App Platform| US| Remote

• Coding new features, enhancing the operational experience of the systems you develop, and iteratively improving them based on production insights

• Authoring, contributing to and reviewing design documents

• Taking an active role in shaping the roadmap

• Mentoring and supporting other team members and collaborating with different teams across the organization

• Owning the experience of our customers by participating in weekday 12h x 5d and a separate weekend 24h x 2d on-call rotations.

We invest heavily in developer productivity. You can use modern AI coding assistants as part of your daily workflow (your choice of tools, within security guidelines), backed by a company-funded usage budget so you can iterate quickly without unnecessary friction. We encourage pragmatic AI-assisted development: faster prototyping, test generation, refactors, documentation, and incident follow-ups - always paired with strong code review and quality standards. You'll also have access to frontier models (e.g., GPT-Codex 5/3, Claude Opus 4.7, Gemini 3 Pro).

• You have strong coding skills and operational experience; you were responsible for operating the software you have built.

• You have worked on a SaaS platform and dealt with common distributed systems problems (e.g. scalability, multi-tenancy, data isolation, HA, ...)

• You have excellent communication skills. You can express your ideas with great clarity in writing and during meetings. You know when to pick which mode of communication.

• You are willing to work across teams. Your work has to be aligned with the needs of other squads and external stakeholders. You make your plans transparent, bring stakeholders on board, and are open to feedback and suggestions.

• You are pragmatic; you prioritize progress over perfection; you can handle ambiguity.

• We are using Golang on the backend; you are either already familiar with Golang or are excited to learn the language

In the United States, the compensation range for this role is $174,986 - $209,983 USD. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed throughout the interview process. All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs ' success. We believe in shared outcomes - RSUs help us stay aligned and invested as we scale globally.

*Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market's defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process.

• We want you to thrive from day 1 with your fellow new 'Grafanistas' to learn all about what we do and how we do it.

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• We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to really disconnect. *We will comply with local legislation where applicable.