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Staff Backend Engineer - Databases Tempo | Canada | Remote

Grafana Labs · Canada (Remote)

Posted about 3 months ago · $186,368 - $223,642

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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
Yes
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 for Tempo at Grafana Labs, you will lead technical initiatives to enhance the open-source distributed tracing backend. Your responsibilities include designing APIs, improving system performance, and driving operational excellence while mentoring other engineers. You will collaborate with product teams to ensure Tempo meets customer needs and contributes to the evolution of Grafana’s observability products.

Our read on this posting3.6out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

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

  • Technical leadership experience in complex, multi-quarter initiatives
  • Substantial hands-on experience with distributed data systems in production
  • Strong software craftsmanship with clean, robust, performant code
  • Proficiency in Go or experience in other systems languages like Rust, C, C++
  • Operational mindset with experience owning production services and SLOs
  • Customer-focused approach to problem-solving

Nice to have

  • Experience with tracing, OpenTelemetry, or large-scale observability systems
  • Experience designing query languages or APIs for programmatic consumption
  • Familiarity with columnar storage formats like Parquet
  • Experience operating multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure on Kubernetes
  • Experience building for AI/LLM consumers

What you get

  • 100% remote work
  • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) for ownership in company success
  • 30 days of annual leave, including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days
  • Transparent communication and regular company-wide updates
  • Defined opportunities for career growth
  • In-person onboarding for new employees

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of team size or structure
  • Compensation range provided but may vary based on experience and skillset
  • Focus on operational excellence and performance improvements may indicate a demanding work environment

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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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