Staff Software Engineer - Observability Knowledge Graph Backend

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Knowledge Graph Backend): Building and optimizing distributed, multi-tenant microservices for the Grafana Observability Knowledge Graph with an accent on scalability, high availability, and performance of data storage across SQL, graph, and time-series databases. Focus on driving projects from ideation to operation, maintaining critical systems, and taking ownership of their reliability and availability.

Location: Full-time remote position, seeking candidates in the US or Canada

Salary: CAD 186,368 - CAD 223,642

Company

hirify.global is an open-source product company building end-to-end observability solutions with its popular Grafana visualization tool and the LGTM Stack.

What you will do

• Build and roll out new features, iterating based on results.
• Drive projects from initial ideation to operations.
• Break down complex challenges into modular solutions with short feedback loops.
• Maintain critical systems, owning their reliability, performance, and availability.
• Participate in on-call rotations and take ownership of services.
• Mentor team members, participate in design discussions, and collaborate.

Requirements

• Motivated self-starter with a bias towards action.
• Strong coding skills and operational experience with built software.
• Experience with SaaS platforms and common distributed systems problems (scalability, multi-tenancy, data isolation, HA).
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills are a must for this fully remote setup.
• Willingness to work across teams and with external stakeholders.
• Programming experience in Java.
• Experience with Kubernetes and any one of AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% Remote, Global Culture fostering collaboration and shared purpose.
• Opportunity to tackle meaningful work in a high-growth environment.
• Transparent communication and open decision-making.
• Innovation-driven culture with autonomy and support for new things.
• Open-source roots and community-driven values.
• High trust, low ego culture valuing outcomes.
• Defined career growth pathways.
• Approachable and transparent leadership.
• In-person onboarding for new hires.
• Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum, including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days.