Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Loki Query at grafanalabs

Language

Compensation

€97,000 – €121,000/yr

Setup: Remote
Location: Munich, Bavaria
Level: not_specified
Posted: Jul 29, 2026

Description

Grafana Labs is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer specializing in Databases, specifically focusing on Loki Query, for a remote position in Europe. This role involves designing, building, operating, and maintaining critical systems, contributing to open-source projects, and driving project management from ideation to deployment. The ideal candidate will possess solid programming experience, preferably in Go, with a focus on cloud-based software development.

Required Skills

Programming Language
Go
Python
C
C++
Rust
Kubernetes
Docker
Microservices Architecture
Distributed Systems
Infrastructure as Code

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Solid experience with at least one programming language.
Some experience with delivering projects from gathering requirements, brainstorming ideas all the way to shipping a product to the customer’s hands in a self-driven way.
Some experience with developing software that runs in the Cloud or some experience with systems engineering.
Experience writing clean, robust, and performant software that is easily maintained by others.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience working with Kubernetes and/or Docker
Been a user of Grafana and Prometheus in operational roles (including on-call for your team at a previous employer or just using these tools on hobby/homelab projects)
Exposure to microservices architecture and distributed systems, and a desire to learn
Familiarity with being on-call and performing operations/SRE tasks or with the concept of infrastructure as code