Senior Backend Engineer (Go)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Grafana Backend Services): Delivering and operating Grafana services for both On-Prem and Cloud customers, owning API codebase and orchestration infrastructure with an accent on API design, database performance, and scalability. Focus on iterating on new functionality, contributing to design, and taking ownership of services within an open-source culture.

Location: Remote (United States)

Salary: $154,445 - $185,334 USD

Company

hirify.global is a remote-first, open-source company providing an open-source visualization tool and observability solutions to over 3,000 companies globally.

What you will do

• Deliver new functionality with your team and iterate on improvements.
• Contribute to and review design documents for upcoming features.
• Embrace open-source culture and contribute to other projects.
• Influence roadmap and career objectives.
• Participate in on-call rotations and take ownership of the services you run.
• Mentor and support other team members, participate in design discussions, and collaborate.

Requirements

• Solid experience with Go (preferred), Python or Java.
• Good understanding of relational databases like MySQL, SQLite, and Postgres.
• Experience delivering projects from gathering requirements to shipping a product in a self-driven way.
• Experience writing clean, robust, and performant software.
• Experience with mentoring junior engineers in a collaborative but asynchronous environment.
• Ability to take on complex challenges and break them down to achieve tight learning loops.

Nice to have

• Experience with open-source software and/or commercial open-source companies.
• Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, or Developer Efficiency work streams.
• Been a user of Grafana and Prometheus in operational roles.
• Familiarity with being on-call and performing operations/SRE tasks.
• Exposure to microservices architecture and distributed systems, or a desire to learn.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% Remote, Global Culture with talent from around the world.
• Work in a high-growth, ever-evolving scaling organization.
• Transparent communication and open decision-making.
• Innovation-driven environment with autonomy and support.
• Open Source Roots that shape how we work.
• Empowered Teams with a high trust, low ego culture.
• Defined career growth pathways.
• Approachable, involved, visible, and human leadership.
• Join a team of smart, supportive, and passionate people.
• In-person onboarding with fellow new 'Grafanistas'.
• Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum, including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days.