Staff Backend Engineer - Second Horizon | US | Remote
Grafana LabsUnited States (Remote) · Remote · full time · Lead / Staff / Principal
$174,986 – $209,983
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What this role is
This Staff Backend Engineer role involves architecting and building the core services for an AI-native data intelligence system that helps agents access governed enterprise context—designing multi-tenant infrastructure for ingestion, indexing, retrieval, and agent integrations from prototype to production. The role suits experienced backend engineers comfortable with ambiguity and AI technologies who want significant ownership in shaping a new product area at a fast-growing observability company.
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What they ask for
Required
- Experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and building GenAI applications
- Proven track record delivering production software used by real users
- Exposure to cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Experience using observability tools to troubleshoot systems
Nice to have
- Experience with agent frameworks or multi-agent workflows
- Data analysis experience or work with data platforms (Looker, Tableau, PowerBI, Snowflake, DataBricks)
- Experience building tools for data engineering