TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Mimir): Developing and maintaining large-scale, high-performance distributed systems for Grafana Mimir metrics platform with an accent on efficiency, resilience, and reliability. Focus on designing, building, and operating critical cloud-native systems and improving performance and scalability at massive volumes.

Location: Remote role for candidates in Germany, UK, Sweden, and Spain

Salary: €97,000–€121,000 (Germany base compensation range)

Company

%hirify_global% is a remote-first, open-source software company providing observability tools used globally by millions and thousands of companies.

What you will do

Influence roadmap and career objectives while delivering new features and iterating improvements
Drive projects from idea to production and operations
Contribute to open-source projects beyond your immediate team scope
Design, build, operate, and maintain critical systems ensuring reliability, performance, and availability
Participate in follow-the-sun on-call rotations owning the services you run
Collaborate with team members in design discussions and support continuous learning

Requirements

Must be located in Germany, UK, Sweden, or Spain for this remote role
Solid experience with at least one programming language such as Go, Python, C, C++, or Rust
Experience delivering projects from requirements gathering to shipping products
Experience with cloud software development or systems engineering
Experience with on-call duties and DevOps practices
Familiarity with observability systems including metrics, logs, and traces

Nice to have

Experience with Kubernetes and queue systems like Kafka
Operational experience with Grafana and Prometheus
Exposure to microservices architecture and distributed systems
Familiarity with infrastructure as code concepts

Culture & Benefits

100% remote global culture with collaboration and shared purpose
High-growth, innovation-driven environment with transparent communication
Open-source roots and empowered, low-ego teams
Defined career growth pathways and approachable leadership
In-person onboarding to integrate with the team
Global annual leave policy of 30 days including company shutdown days