Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Analytics

📋 Description

• Design, implement, test, and operate one or more core components of the database, including
• Help architect and build a scalable, multi-tenant SaaS database foundation, including tenant
• Develop APIs and database interfaces that enable AI agents, MCP tools, command-line interfaces, and
• Make pragmatic architectural and engineering tradeoffs between rapid experimentation and long-term
• Instrument database services with metrics, logs, traces, alerts, and dashboards to monitor system
• Contribute to technical direction across architecture, service boundaries, storage technologies

🎯 Requirements

• Strong experience building production-grade, user-facing software systems and solving complex
• Proven ability to make sound technical and architectural decisions with minimal supervision in
• Experience with distributed systems, data catalogs, table formats, query engines, or related data
• Strong proficiency in a programming language such as Go, C++, or Rust.
• Proven track record of delivering software that has reached production and is actively used by
• Practical familiarity with AI technologies and frameworks, with a focus on building reliable

🎁 Benefits

• Base compensation range of $164,490–$197,389 CAD for roles based in Canada, with actual
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) providing team members with ownership in the organization’s success.
• 100% remote work environment with a globally distributed team.
• Flexible, primarily asynchronous working culture with a strong emphasis on written communication.
• Global annual leave policy providing 30 days of leave per year, including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days
• Career growth and development opportunities within a scaling organization.