Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Analytics | Germany | Remote at Grafana Labs

Department: R&D: Second Horizon

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Compensation

€97,000 – €121,000/yr

Setup: Remote - Germany
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 22, 2026

Description

Grafana Labs is hiring a Senior Software (Database) Engineer to build and operate the storage and database layer for an AI-native, multi-tenant data platform. The role covers ingestion, query planning, distributed query execution, data and storage formats, APIs for AI agents, tenant isolation, observability, and technical direction. It is fully remote for applicants in Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Ireland, or Germany, with a base compensation range of EUR 97,000 to EUR 121,000 in Germany.

Required Skills

Distributed systems
Query engines
Golang
C++
Rust
Cloud-native
Observability

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Experience building production-grade, user-facing software systems
Experience with distributed systems, catalogs, table formats, and query engines
Mastery of Golang, C++, or Rust
Experience delivering production software actively used by users
Experience with cloud-native environments
Experience using observability tools
Preferred Qualifications: Experience building distributed query engines
Experience building data warehouses or data lakes
Experience building data engineering tools
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