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Staff Backend Engineer - Alerting | UK | Remote

Grafana Labs · United Kingdom (Remote)

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
82 days
Grafana Labs's roles stay open a median of 82 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
24% of Grafana Labs's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Grafana Labs
high
131 stale, 2 reposted of 131 open
Hiring momentum
206 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-24

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Grafana Labs's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Grafana Labs.

About this role

As a Staff Backend Engineer on the Grafana Alerting squad, you will work on enhancing the alert management capabilities of Grafana, focusing on both Grafana Alerting and SLOs products. Your responsibilities include designing, building, and maintaining critical systems, driving projects from ideation to operations, and collaborating with team members in a fully remote environment. You will also mentor others and contribute to the open-source culture of the company.

Our read on this posting2.4out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Grafana Labs as an employer.

What you need

  • Solid experience with at least one programming language (Go preferred, but Python, Java, C++, Rust or similar are acceptable)
  • Some experience with delivering projects from gathering requirements to shipping products
  • Some experience with developing software that runs in the Cloud or systems engineering
  • Experience writing clean, robust, and performant software that is easily maintained by others
  • Good communication skills and ability to work in a fully remote setup

What you get

  • Compensation range of GBP 103,958 - GBP 124,750
  • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) for all roles
  • 100% remote work
  • 30 days of annual leave, including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days
  • Defined opportunities for career growth
  • Transparent communication and approachable leadership

Worth weighing

  • No specific technologies or frameworks mentioned beyond programming languages
  • The role involves on-call rotations which may require additional commitment
  • Compensation range is specific to the UK, which may not apply to candidates from other locations

Summarised from Grafana Labs's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Grafana Labs on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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