TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems): Building and optimizing high-performance distributed backend systems for Grafana Mimir, focusing on efficiency, resilience, and reliability at massive volumes. Focus on designing, building, and operating critical systems, improving performance, and ensuring availability.

Location: Remote from the UK, Sweden, Spain, or Germany

Salary: GBP 775,000 – GBP 969,000

Company

%hirify_global% is a remote-first, open-source company providing observability solutions with its Grafana LGTM Stack, including scalable metrics with Grafana Mimir.

What you will do

Influence the roadmap and deliver new features, iterating based on results.
Drive projects from initial idea through to operations and customer hands.
Design, build, operate, and maintain critical systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and availability.
Participate in follow-the-sun on-call rotations for owned services.
Collaborate with team members, support others, and participate in design discussions.
Contribute to open-source projects and gain a deeper understanding of cloud products and customers.

Requirements

Pragmatic approach to breaking down complex challenges into modular solutions.
Strong collaboration and communication skills for a fully remote setup.
Solid experience with at least one programming language (Go preferred; Python, C, C++, Rust are transferable).
Experience delivering self-driven projects from requirements to shipping.
Experience with developing software in the Cloud or systems engineering.
Experience with being on-call and following the DevOps model.
Ability to write clean, robust, and performant software.
Familiarity with observability systems for debugging (metrics, logs, traces).

Nice to have

Experience working with Kubernetes.
Experience working with queue systems (e.g., Kafka protocol).
User experience with Grafana and Prometheus in operational roles.
Exposure to microservices architecture and distributed systems.
Familiarity with infrastructure as code.

Culture & Benefits

100% remote, global culture with collaboration and shared purpose.
Work in a high-growth, innovative, and transparent environment.
Open-source roots and community-driven values.
Empowered teams with high trust and low ego.
Clear career growth pathways and approachable leadership.
Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum, including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days.
In-person onboarding for new hires.