Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Analytics

Grafana Labs
Sweden, Germany, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom
Workplace: RemoteFull timeSEK 775,000 - 969,000Function: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Self-starter","Communicates effectively","Collaborative attitude","Ownership mindset","Comfortable with ambiguity"]

Build and operate the database layer for an AI-native data intelligence system, delivering both OLAP and OTLP capabilities for real-time enterprise context. Own parts of ingestion, query planning, and distributed query execution, and help define a multi-tenant, SaaS-ready architecture with tenant isolation, quotas, audit logs, and background jobs. Create agent-facing APIs and power observability across metrics, logs, traces, alerts, and dashboards.

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Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Analytics

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Job Summary

Build and operate the database layer for an AI-native data intelligence system, delivering both OLAP and OTLP capabilities for real-time enterprise context. Own parts of ingestion, query planning, and distributed query execution, and help define a multi-tenant, SaaS-ready architecture with tenant isolation, quotas, audit logs, and background jobs. Create agent-facing APIs and power observability across metrics, logs, traces, alerts, and dashboards.
Location: Sweden, Germany, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, implement, test, and operate ingestion, query planning, distributed query execution, and storage/data formats.
  • •Define and build a scalable multi-tenant SaaS database architecture with tenant isolation, usage tracking, quotas, audit logs, background jobs, and reliable service boundaries.
  • •Build APIs and database interfaces for fast retrieval by AI agents, MCP tools, CLIs, and internal applications.
  • •Partner across product and infrastructure to balance rapid experimentation with long-term reliability as the project moves to production.
  • •Instrument database services with metrics, logs, traces, alerts, and dashboards to understand behavior and improve reliability.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: SEK 775,000 - 969,000
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Solid experience building production-grade, user-facing software systems with strong engineering judgment.
  • •Experience building distributed systems, catalogs, and table formats, query engines, and database-related components.
  • •Familiarity with AI technologies/frameworks with a practical mindset for delivering real-world outcomes.
  • •Mastery of a programming language such as Go (golang), C++, or Rust.
  • •Exposure to cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and using observability tools to troubleshoot system behavior.
Experience:Distributed systemsAICloud-nativeData engineeringObservability
Skills:Self-starterCommunicates effectivelyCollaborative attitudeOwnership mindsetComfortable with ambiguity
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoGolangC++RustAWSGCPAzureOLAPOTLPAPIsMCPCLIsMetricsLogsTracesAlertsDashboardsTempoDistributed query executionQuery planning

Company Brief

Grafana Labs
Develops open-source and commercial observability tools, including Grafana for metrics visualization, Loki for log aggregation, and Tempo for tracing, enabling organizations to monitor, analyze, and visualize system performance and telemetry data.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2014
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