Staff Backend Software Engineer - Loki
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Grafana LabsObservability software
We are looking for candidates in the US and Canada.Full-TimeStaff
SalaryIn the United States, the base compensation range for this role is USD 174,500 - USD 209,000.
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Job Details
- Required Skills
- PythonKafkaKubernetesC++GoRustDevOps
Requirements
- Have solid experience with at least one programming language; the team uses Go, and familiarity with Python, C, C++, Rust, or similar also translates well.
- Have some experience delivering projects from requirements gathering and idea development through shipping to customers in a self-driven way.
- Have experience developing software that runs in the cloud or experience in systems engineering.
- Have some experience being on-call and following the DevOps model.
- Write clean, robust, performant software that is maintainable by others.
- Be familiar with observability systems and when to use metrics, logs, and traces to debug problems.
- Be able to break down complex challenges into modular solutions, deliver MVPs, gather feedback, and iterate.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively in a fully remote team.
- Kubernetes experience is highly desirable.
- Experience with queue systems such as the Kafka protocol is a nice-to-have.
- Experience using Grafana and Prometheus in operational roles is a nice-to-have.
- Exposure to microservices architecture, distributed systems, or infrastructure as code is a nice-to-have.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, operate, and maintain critical systems, owning their reliability, performance, and availability.
- Work with the team to deliver new features and use results to iterate and improve.
- Drive projects from initial idea through operations after they reach customers.
- Contribute to open-source projects beyond the team's direct scope.
- Participate in the team's follow-the-sun on-call rotations and take ownership of the services you run.
- Support team members, participate in design discussions, and collaborate with the team.
- Write and review pull requests and design documents, and shepherd automated release rollouts.
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