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Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Loki Query  | Germany | Remote

Grafana Labs · Germany (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 Senior Backend Engineer focused on Databases at Grafana Labs, you will work on the Loki Query system and other telemetry databases, contributing to the development and maintenance of critical systems. Your role will involve collaborating with your team to deliver new features, driving projects from ideation to operations, and participating in on-call rotations. You will also have the opportunity to influence the product roadmap and engage in an open-source culture.

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

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, C, C++, Rust or similar are acceptable)
  • Some experience with delivering projects from gathering requirements to shipping a product
  • Some experience with developing software that runs in the Cloud or systems engineering
  • Experience writing clean, robust, and performant software

Nice to have

  • Experience working with Kubernetes and/or Docker
  • Experience using Grafana and Prometheus in operational roles
  • Exposure to microservices architecture and distributed systems
  • Familiarity with being on-call and performing operations/SRE tasks

What you get

  • Base compensation range of €97,000 - €121,000
  • Equity
  • Bonus (if applicable)
  • 30 days of annual leave
  • In-person onboarding
  • Remote-first global culture

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of the tech stack beyond Go and Kubernetes
  • The role requires good communication skills in a fully remote setup
  • Compensation varies based on location and experience

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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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