# Staff Backend Engineer - Grafana App Platform

**Company:** [Grafana Labs](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/grafana-labs)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** CA$186k – CA$224k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Go, SaaS, Distributed Systems, Multi-Tenancy, Data Isolation, High Availability, Scalability, Backend Development, Design Documents, On-Call Operations
**Posted:** 2026-09-08

> Staff Backend Engineer responsible for evolving Grafana into a scalable, multi-tenant observability application platform. The role requires production SaaS experience, distributed-systems expertise, strong backend coding skills, and familiarity with or willingness to learn Golang.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build new backend features and improve the operational experience of the systems you develop.
- Use production insights to iteratively improve systems.
- Author, contribute to, and review design documents.
- Help shape the technical roadmap.
- Mentor and support team members while collaborating across teams.
- Participate in weekday 12-hour × 5-day and weekend 24-hour × 2-day on-call rotations.

## Requirements
- Strong coding skills and operational experience owning software in production.
- Experience building and operating SaaS platforms at scale.
- Experience with distributed-systems challenges such as scalability, multi-tenancy, data isolation, and high availability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate across teams and align work with internal and external stakeholders.
- Pragmatic approach, prioritizing progress over perfection and handling ambiguity effectively.
- Familiarity with Golang or willingness to learn it.

## Compensation
- CAD $186,368–$223,642 annually in Canada.
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) are included.

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