s we can to deliver the future of Observability. - Architecting and implementing distributed backend services in Go, with a focus on correctness, observability, and performance at scale - Designing APIs and service contracts

Location & work details

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Original location: Canada (Remote)
Country: Canada (Remote) (ATS location fields)
Work mode: Canada (Remote) (ATS workplaceType/location)
Salary: In Canada, the compensation range for this role is $186,368 - $223,642 CAD. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed throughout the interview process. All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success. We believe in shared outcomes—RSUs help us stay aligned and invested as we scale globally. (Source pay statement)
Stack: We are looking for experienced software engineers who are passionate about distributed systems and building reliable, scalable backend infrastructure to join our growing team. Our backend is Go, and we build tools for people operating some of the world's largest observability and software delivery stacks. Backend Engineers at Grafana also contribute to open source communities. (Source language/tool mention)
Stack: - Experience with TypeScript and React for contributing to frontend features and collaborating closely with frontend engineers (Source language/tool mention)
Stack: - Comfort working with Kubernetes and containerised deployment environments, including patterns for operating stateful workloads and multi-tenant clusters (Source language/tool mention)
Stack: - Strong database skills, such as PostgreSQL and/or MySQL; including schema design, query optimisation, and schema migrations at scale (Source language/tool mention)
Stack: Strong database skills, such as PostgreSQL and/or MySQL; including schema design, query optimisation, and (GTM description)
Stack: - Professional experience building and consuming gRPC/protobuf APIs and designing clean service contrac (GTM description)
Stack: est open source observability software, including Prometheus, Mimir, Loki, and Tempo, without the overhead of (GTM description)
Stack: e at massive scale, to solve their most demanding distributed systems challenges. Our customers include software engine (GTM description)
Remote location: Canada (Remote) (ATS remote location (not applicant eligibility))
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Employer posting

Staff Backend Engineer - Grafana Enterprise | Canada | Remote

Source details

Company identifier: Grafana Labs
Source ID: greenhouse:grafanalabs:6007413004
Board: greenhouse:grafanalabs
Evidence field: description
Match rule: requirements_context
Go matches in source: 1
Department as supplied: R&D: Grafana

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Dates & source facts

Source publication: Source first published: May 28, 2026 · 5:29 AM PDT
Date provenance: Greenhouse first_published · source field, not independently verified
ATS updated (not posted): Jul 9, 2026 · 7:23 AM PDT
First imported by Scout: Oct 15, 2026 · 10:39 AM PDT
Last checked at source: Oct 15, 2026 · 4:51 PM PDT
Last seen at source: Oct 15, 2026 · 4:51 PM PDT
Snapshot built: Oct 15, 2026 · 4:53 PM PDT
Source status at collection: open
Salary: In Canada, the compensation range for this role is $186,368 - $223,642 CAD. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed throughout the interview process. All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success. We believe in shared outcomes—RSUs help us stay aligned and invested as we scale globally.
Remote eligibility: Not stated — check employer restrictions

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