Staff Backend Engineer - Adaptive Telemetry | Germany | Remote at Grafana Labs

This is a high-level engineering role for a seasoned backend specialist who excels at building and operating large-scale distributed systems. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, microservices) and a background in systems languages—while the team primarily uses **Go**, experience in Python, Rust, or C++ is highly valued. You should be comfortable driving technical strategy and mentoring other engineers in a mature, remote-first environment. The role offers a strong compensation package for Germany-based candidates, including a base salary up to €127k plus equity and bonuses. You’ll join a pioneer in the open-source observability space, working on "Adaptive Telemetry" tools that help major enterprises like Bloomberg and NASA optimize data costs. A unique highlight is the company’s proactive embrace of AI-assisted development, providing employees with dedicated budgets for frontier models like GPT-4 and Claude to accelerate their workflow. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have a track record of leading end-to-end delivery for complex, cross-functional backend initiatives. * Are an expert in system design tradeoffs regarding latency, scalability, and cost. * Enjoy "observability" as a domain, specifically working with Prometheus, Kafka, or telemetry databases. * Value autonomy and are comfortable influencing product roadmaps without direct authority.