Staff Backend Engineer - Grafana k6 | Canada | Remote

Strong 8+ years of experience with at least one programming language (Go preferred, but others like Python, .NET, Java, Rust are acceptable with willingness to learn Go). Demonstrated experience working with and monitoring Kubernetes in a production environment. Experience with cloud-based software development and production systems. Experience writing clean, maintainable, robust, and performant software. Familiarity with observability tooling (e.g. Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, OpenTelemetry). Experience delivering projects from start to finish in a self-driven manner. Experience in a hands-on technical leadership role. Experience with distributed systems. Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills. Strong mentoring and leadership skills. Experience participating in an on-call rotation and incident management.

Design and implement high-quality, scalable services for Grafana Cloud products. Work with product teams to develop features aligned with product strategy and customer needs. Support the technical direction and vision of the team, contributing to strategic discussions. Represent Grafana Labs in open source forums, working groups, and events. Collaborate with Sales, Product, and Support teams. Participate in follow-the-sun on-call rotations and take ownership of services. Contribute to other projects within the open-source culture.