Staff Backend Engineer - Tempo (Databases)

📋 Description

• Lead multi-quarter tempo architecture initiatives.
• Own ingestion, storage, query, and metrics design.
• Design APIs for humans and agents for Tempo.
• Drive operational excellence with SLOs, automation, toil reduction.
• Mentor engineers and participate in on-call incidents.
• Contribute to Tempo open source and engage the community.

🎯 Requirements

• Go programming
• OpenTelemetry tracing
• TraceQL-style query design
• Kubernetes and distributed infra
• API design for humans and agents
• Large-scale, multi-tenant SaaS systems

🎁 Benefits

• 100% remote, global culture and async work
• RSUs providing ownership in Grafana Labs
• 30 days annual leave plus Grafana Shutdown Days
• Remote onboarding and supportive, async collaboration
• Open-source culture and opportunities to contribute
• Transparent leadership and career growth