Backend Engineer | Mimir | Canada | Remote

the team focus on optimizing the efficiency and resilience of processing, storing, and querying metrics at large volumes. These services operate at a large scale and performance is key to keeping the offering competitive and running smoothly. A Mimir engineer has various work streams. They are likely engaged in a larger project with another engineer, and they are also incorporating some performance and reliability improvements discovered through operating the system in production. They are also responsible for writing and reviewing PRs and design documents from other engineers in the squad, shepherding automated release rollouts, and participating in the on-call rotation for their systems. What will you be doing? Take an active role in influencing our roadmap and your own career objectives Work with your team to deliver new features, then use the results to iterate and improve. Help your team drive projects from initial idea all the way to operations once it is in the hands of customers Embrace our open-source culture and contribute to other projects that may not directly fall within your team’s scope Build, operate, and maintain critical systems, owning the reliability, performance, and availability Be a part of your team’s follow-the-sun on-call rotations and take ownership of the services you’re running Support other team members, participate in design discussions and collaborate with

the team Learn new skills by gaining a deeper understanding of our cloud product and our customers and getting to know the codebase of a large distributed system As we are remote-first and our engineering organization is largely remote, we provide guidance and meet regularly using video calls, so an independent attitude and good communication skills are a must. We invest heavily in developer productivity. You can use modern AI coding assistants as part of your daily workflow (your choice of tools, within security guidelines), backed by a company-funded usage budget so you can iterate quickly without unnecessary friction. We encourage pragmatic AI-assisted development: faster prototyping, test generation, refactors, documentation, and incident follow-ups—always paired with strong code review and quality standards. You’ll also have access to frontier models (e.g., GPT-Codex 5/3, Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3 Pro). What Makes You a Great Fit: You are a motivated self starter with a bias towards action. You are customer focused. We build everything with our users in mind. You have a passion for building intuitive products that fit customers’ needs. You have good time management skills, which you leverage to work on the right things at the right time. Pragmatism: You have a bias towards action, taking direction and building a plan of action to analyze, design, and build modular solutions, deliver MVPs, gather data and feedback and then progress iteratively Collaboration and communication: The smallest unit we have is a squad. You’ll be working with your teammates in a fully remote setup. Good communication and time management skills are a must AI: some experience using LLMs for day to day coding tasks and understanding a codebase. Experience with at least one programming language. We use Go, but if you have familiarity with Python, C, C++, Rust or similar then that translates well Some experience with delivering projects as a member of a larger team. Your experience includes gathering

requirements and brainstorming ideas, all the way to shipping features to the customer’s hands. Some experience with developing software that runs in the Cloud or some experience with systems engineering Some experience with being on-call and following the DevOps model Experience writing clean, robust, and performant software that is easily maintained by others Some familiarity with observability systems, know when to use metrics, logs, traces, to debug a problem.

Bonus Points For: Experience working with Kubernetes Experience working with queue systems, e.g. the Kafka protocol Been a user of Grafana and Prometheus in operational roles (including on-call for your team at a previous employer or just using these tools on hobby/homelab projects) Exposure to microservices architecture and distributed systems, or a desire to learn Familiarity with the concept of infrastructure as code In Canada, the Base

compensation range for this role is CAD 129,392 - CAD 155,272 . Actual

compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process.

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benefits at the beginning of the process. *Grafana Labs may utilize AI tools in its recruitment process to assist in matching information provided in CVs to job postings. The recruitment team will continue to review inbound CVs manually to identify alignment with current openings. *

Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market’s defined pay range &

benefits at the beginning of the process. Why You’ll Thrive at Grafana Labs: 100% Remote, Global Culture - As a remote-only company, we bring together talent from around the world, united by a culture of collaboration and shared purpose. Scaling Organization – Tackle meaningful work in a high-growth, ever-evolving environment. Transparent Communication – Expect open decision-making and regular company-wide updates. Innovation-Driven – Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things. Open Source Roots – Built on community-driven values that shape

how we work. Empowered Teams – High trust, low ego culture that values outcomes over optics. Career Growth Pathways – Defined opportunities to grow and develop your career. Approachable Leadership – Transparent execs who are involved, visible, and human. Passionate People – Join a team of smart, supportive folks who care deeply about what they do. In-Person onboarding - We want you to thrive from day 1 with your fellow new ‘Grafanistas’ to learn all about what we do and how we do it. Balance is Key - We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow

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