1d ago
Staff Backend Engineer - Application Core Services
Canada (Remote)
โจ $150k-$200k / yearest.
full-timelead Remotesoftware
๐ Tech Stack
๐ผ About This Role
You'll design and operate the control-plane services that orchestrate customer-facing Grafana Cloud stacks at scale. Your core impact is ensuring reliable stack creation, safe configuration rollout, and predictable migrations across cloud regions. This role sits at the intersection of product, platform, and operations for a fast-growing open-source company serving over 20 million users.
๐ฏ What You'll Do
- Design and build reconciliation systems to detect and repair stack configuration drift
- Collaborate across teams to ensure stack lifecycle workflows are reliable and observable
- Improve incident response and recovery paths for stack misalignment and failures
- Contribute to roadmap planning and long-term simplification of stack operations
๐ Requirements
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience with distributed systems
- Strong proficiency in Go or a similar systems programming language
- Experience designing and operating control-plane or reconciliation systems
- Proven ability to debug across multiple service boundaries in production
โจ Nice to Have
- Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure
- Familiarity with observability tools like Grafana, Prometheus, or Loki
- Contributions to open-source projects
๐ Benefits & Perks
- ๐ Remote-first global team with flexible work hours
- ๐ฐ Competitive equity and salary package
- ๐๏ธ Unlimited PTO with a minimum recommended 4 weeks
- ๐ Learning budget for conferences, courses, and books
- ๐ฅ๏ธ Home office stipend to set up your workspace
๐จ Hiring Process
Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks
- 1Recruiter Phone Screenยท 30 min
- 2Technical Interviewยท 60 min
- 3System Design Interviewยท 60 min
- 4Hiring Manager Discussionยท 45 min
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