Senior Backend Software Engineer, Alerting (Backend)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Software Engineer, Alerting (Backend): Building distributed systems to scale alert ingestion and delivery of Prometheus-based alerts with an accent on Alerting setup and delivery. Focus on distributed systems to scale alert evaluation of Grafana-managed alerts.

Location: Remote in Germany

Salary: EUR 97,034 - EUR 116,441

Company

hirify.global is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse with more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe.

What you will do

• Take an active role in influencing our roadmap and your own career objectives
• Work with your team to deliver new features, then use the results to iterate and improve.
• Drive projects from initial ideation all the way to operations once it is in the hands of customers
• Design, build, operate, and maintain critical systems, owning the reliability, performance, and availability
• Be a part of your team’s on-call rotations and take ownership of the services you’re running
• Mentor and support other team members, participate in design discussions and collaborate with the team

Requirements

• You are a motivated self starter with a bias towards action
• You are customer focused
• You have a passion for creating intuitive products that fit customers’ needs
• You are able to take on complex challenges and break them down to achieve short feedback loops
• Good communication skills are a must
• Solid experience with at least one programming language. We use Go, but if you have familiarity with Python, Java, C++, Rust or similar then that translates well

Culture & Benefits

• 100% Remote, Global Culture - As a remote-only company, we bring together talent from around the world, united by a culture of collaboration and shared purpose.
• Tackle meaningful work in a high-growth, ever-evolving environment.
• Expect open decision-making and regular company-wide updates.
• Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things.
• Built on community-driven values that shape how we work.
• We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum.