Grafana Labs

Staff Backend Engineer - Second Horizon | Canada | Remote

Grafana Labs · Canada (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

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About this role

As a Staff Backend Engineer at Grafana Labs, you will be responsible for designing and building the core backend architecture for a new AI-native data intelligence system. Your role will involve creating scalable services for context ingestion and retrieval, developing APIs for AI agents, and collaborating across teams to ensure high-quality, production-grade solutions. This position offers a high degree of autonomy and the opportunity to shape the technical direction of a new product area.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Strong engineering skills with experience building production-grade, user-facing software systems
  • Experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and building applications powered by GenAI
  • Proven track record of delivering software that made it into production and is actively used by users
  • Exposure to working in cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Experience using observability tools to understand and troubleshoot system behavior
  • Ability to communicate effectively and contribute across teams

Nice to have

  • Experience building or working with agent frameworks or multi-agent workflows
  • Experience as a data analyst or work with data platforms (e.g., Looker, Tableau, PowerBI, Snowflake, DataBricks)
  • Experience building tools for data engineering

What you get

  • Base compensation range of CAD $186,368 - $223,642
  • Equity
  • Bonus (if applicable)
  • 30 days of annual leave with 3 days reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days
  • In-person onboarding
  • Career growth pathways

Worth weighing

  • 100% remote role with candidates from the U.S. or Canada only, excluding Quebec
  • Role involves working through ambiguity and making pragmatic architectural decisions
  • Opportunity to redefine the role based on impact and initiative as the team matures

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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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