Staff Backend Engineer (Grafana Databases, Managed Services)

TL;DR

Staff Backend Engineer (Grafana Databases, Managed Services): Operating and evolving multi-cloud streaming clusters and database infrastructure with an accent on diagnosing cross-layer failure modes and improving observability, automation, and operational ergonomics. Focus on driving resolution of multi-layer incidents spanning storage, compute, networking, and control-plane dependencies.

Location: This is a remote opportunity and we would be interested in applicants from USA time zones only at this time.

Salary: USD 174,986 - USD 209,983

Company

hirify.global is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse with more than 20M users of Grafana around the globe and helps more than 3,000 companies manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack.

What you will do

• Operate and evolve multi-cloud streaming clusters and related database infrastructure.
• Diagnose and eliminate cross-layer failure modes, such as object storage latency and query performance regressions.
• Design safe upgrade and rollout strategies at scale.
• Improve observability, automation, and operational ergonomics.
• Partner with database and platform teams to ensure safe scaling and query performance.
• Serve as a primary escalation point and on-call for relevant incidents.

Requirements

• 8+ years of engineering experience in SRE, platform engineering, or distributed systems roles.
• Experience with high-throughput streaming systems or large-scale database infrastructure such as Kafka, Redpanda, or Cassandra.
• Strong Kubernetes experience in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience leading complex technical efforts.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems failure modes in multi-cloud environments.
• Proficiency in at least one systems-oriented language (Go preferred).

Culture & Benefits

• 100% Remote, Global Culture with talent from around the world.
• Scaling Organization with meaningful work in a high-growth environment.
• Transparent Communication with open decision-making.
• Innovation-Driven with autonomy and support to ship great work.
• We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum.
• Passionate People – Join a team of smart, supportive folks who care deeply about what they do.