Staff Backend Engineer - Grafana Enterprise Datasources
Company
Grafana Labs
Location
Canada
Type
Full Time
Job Description
This is a remote position. We are looking for candidates in the Canadian Eastern time zones.
As a Staff Software Engineer in the Enterprise Data Sources squad you will take a leading role in developing and enhancing a diverse portfolio of enterprise plugins that retrieve the data powering Grafana dashboards used by teams worldwide.
Our team focuses on building new enterprise-grade data source plugins continuously improving existing ones and ensuring seamless customer experiences. A key aspect of this role is guaranteeing the smooth operation and reliability of our plugins in the Grafana Cloud helping us deliver on our commitment to world-class observability tools.
Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. You'll have the opportunity to work across the Data Sources team and partner with other squads within the Grafana division to drive innovation and solve complex engineering challenges. As we continue on a growth trajectory we are constantly evolving our ways of working to ensure they are scalable inclusive and adaptable to the needs of our team and users.
Some data source plugins we own:
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AppDynamics Adobe Analytics Azure DevOps BigQuery Catchpoint DataBricks DataDog DynaTrace Gitlab HoneyComb Jira Looker MongoDB Netlify New Relic Oracle SalesForce SAP ServiceNow SnowFlake Splunk SQLyze/ODBC Sumologic and Wavefront.
A typical “day in the life” could include:
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Building enterprise Grafana plugins to integrate third party services or databases into Grafana
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Innovating our plugin system to allow for enhanced capabilities
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Supporting the operations and reliability of our plugins in Grafana Cloud
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Coming up with suggestions for process improvements
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Providing technical support in customer escalations
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Working closely with the rest of the Grafana Division
What we are looking for:
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You are comfortable working in a remote-first company; communication is key. For us working together means being collaborative friendly kind and respectful. We value autonomy and enabling decisions over committees and red tape. We are a distributed team working remotely on a product that will be used by engineers all over the world – the ability to work on your own and ship working code is crucial.
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You have solid professional experience as a Backend Engineer with strong expertise in Go and backend services.
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Some experience with frontend technologies is valued as it helps bridge the gap between backend systems and user-facing features.
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You have strong coding skills and operational experience; you were responsible for operating the software you have built.
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You have experience participating in on-call rotations to support software in production ensuring reliability and responding to incidents as needed.
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You have a good understanding of a software development process that takes a user-centered approach.
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You easily build an understanding of the users’ context and goals which will help you build the right solution that brings the biggest value to them.
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You know how to transform ideas into working code – you are able to design a solution get feedback and deliver large projects.
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You are a self-driven individual who understands the power of feedback loops in making roadmap decisions and driving our product forward.
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You are able to communicate the design decisions clearly in written and spoken English.
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You enjoy working on complex solutions – Grafana is a highly technological solution and has avid followers who rely on it every day and care deeply about their workflows.
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You have an active interest in the three observability pillars and how they come together to build a powerful workflow
You have experience in some or all of the following:
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Backend technologies: Strong expertise in Go and familiarity with other backend languages is valued.
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Containerization and orchestration: Docker Kubernetes.
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CI/CD and DevOps: Knowledge of building pipelines automated testing and deployment strategies.
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Monitoring and observability: Familiarity with tools like Grafana Prometheus or other observability platforms.
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Frontend technologies (nice to have): TypeScript React Redux and RxJS.
In Canada the Base compensation range for this role is USD 174176 - USD 209011. Actual compensation may vary based on level experience and skillset as assessed in the interview process. Benefits include equity bonus (if applicable) and other benefits listed here .
*Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above your recruiter will discuss your specific market’s defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process.
Date Posted
12/03/2024
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