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Staff Backend Engineer - Second Horizon | US | Remote

Grafana Labs · United States (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 Staff Backend Engineer at Grafana Labs, you will be responsible for designing and implementing core backend services for a new AI-native data intelligence system. This includes building APIs for data retrieval, creating a scalable SaaS architecture, and ensuring the reliability of the services you develop. You will work in a collaborative environment, making architectural decisions and contributing to the overall technical direction of the project.

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

  • Strong engineering skills with experience in 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

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 $174,986 - $209,983
  • Equity
  • Bonus (if applicable)
  • 30 days of annual leave, including Grafana Shutdown Days
  • In-person onboarding

Worth weighing

  • Role involves working through ambiguity and making pragmatic architectural decisions
  • Early-stage role with potential for redefining responsibilities 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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