Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Loki Query | Spain | Remote
Grafana Labs · Spain (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 telemetry databases including Mimir, Loki, Tempo, and Pyroscope. Your responsibilities will involve designing, building, and maintaining critical systems, contributing to open-source projects, and participating in the full project lifecycle from ideation to operations. You will collaborate with your team in a remote setting, utilizing modern AI tools to enhance productivity and ensure high-quality software delivery.
- 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, 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 83,000 EU - 104,000 EU
- Equity
- Bonus (if applicable)
- 30 days of annual leave
- In-person onboarding
- Remote work culture
Worth weighing
- Remote-only company culture may not suit everyone
- Requires good communication skills due to remote setup
- Role involves being on-call and taking ownership of services
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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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