Staff Backend Engineer - Databases Tempo

Grafana Labs · IT

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Full TimePosted Aug 31, 2026

Source: Grafana Labs

AT A GLANCE
Eligibility
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Category
IT
Salary
Not disclosed
Employment
Full Time
Experience
Staff
Posted
Aug 31, 2026

This role’s source listing does not include Hungary as an eligible location.

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer for their Tempo team, a fully remote role specifically for candidates based in Canada.

As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will lead the architecture and operational excellence of Tempo, Grafana's distributed tracing backend. You will drive multi-quarter technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and ensure the system scales effectively for high-cardinality workloads in an asynchronous, remote-first environment.

Why You’ll Love This Role

Location restricted to Canada
Fully remote company
Focus on Tempo distributed tracing
Staff level technical leadership
Modern AI coding assistant support

What You’ll Bring

Track record of leading complex, multi-quarter technical initiatives
Substantial hands-on experience building and operating distributed data systems
Strong software craftsmanship with clean and maintainable code
Strong proficiency in Go or deep experience in Rust, C, or C++
Operational mindset with experience owning production services and carrying a pager

What You’ll Get

Benefits not specified in the listing

About the Company

Grafana Labs is the company behind the open-source observability platform Grafana Cloud, trusted by over 10,000 organizations. The company operates as a fully remote team across more than 40 countries, focusing on open-source legacy and collaborative innovation.

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