Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Loki Query

Grafana Labs · IT

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Full Time€97,000 - €121,000Posted Aug 18, 2026

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AT A GLANCE
Eligibility
Not available
Category
IT
Salary
€97,000 - €121,000
Employment
Full Time
Experience
Senior
Posted
Aug 18, 2026

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Join the Databases team at Grafana Labs to work on Loki Query as a Senior Backend Engineer. This is a fully remote role open to candidates in Spain, Ireland, Germany, the UK, or Sweden.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design, build, and operate critical distributed telemetry databases like Mimir, Loki, and Tempo. You will influence the product roadmap, participate in on-call rotations, and contribute to an open-source culture while leveraging Go and Kubernetes within a high-growth, remote-first environment.

Why You’ll Love This Role

Remote in Spain, Ireland, Germany, UK, or Sweden
Salary range €97,000 - €121,000 in Germany
Senior role in Databases team
Focus on open-source observability
30 Days annual leave

What You’ll Bring

Solid experience with at least one programming language like Go, Python, C, C++, or Rust
Experience delivering projects from ideation to shipping to customers
Experience developing software for Cloud environments or systems engineering
Experience writing clean, robust, and performant maintainable software

What You’ll Get

Equity
Bonus
30 Days annual leave per annum including Grafana Shutdown Days
Company-funded usage budget for AI coding assistant tools

About the Company

Grafana Labs provides a managed observability platform that integrates metrics, logs, and traces. The company is built on open-source principles and supports over 35 million users globally with a fully remote team.

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