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Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Loki Query | 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 Senior Backend Engineer on the Databases team at Grafana Labs, you will design, build, and maintain critical systems related to telemetry databases such as Mimir and Loki. Your role involves collaborating with team members to deliver new features, participating in on-call rotations, and contributing to the open-source culture. You will also have the opportunity to influence the product roadmap and engage in continuous learning about cloud products and distributed systems.

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, C, C++, Rust, or similar are acceptable)
  • Experience 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

Nice to have

  • Experience working with Kubernetes and/or Docker
  • Familiarity with 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 £91,000 - £114,000
  • Equity
  • Bonus (if applicable)
  • 30 days of annual leave
  • In-person onboarding
  • Global remote culture

Worth weighing

  • Remote-only company culture may require strong self-management skills
  • Role involves being part of on-call rotations which may not suit everyone
  • Experience with specific tools like Grafana and Prometheus is preferred but not mandatory

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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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