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Staff Backend Engineer - Analytics | Canada | Remote

Grafana LabsCanada (Remote)R&D: Second Horizon
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Salary
$186,368 - $223,642 USD
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Posted
8 Jul 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Role Overview

Grafana Labs is hiring a Staff Backend Engineer - Analytics to join a new skunkworks initiative focused on building an AI-native data intelligence system for enterprise context. This remote position is open to candidates located in Canada, excluding residents of Quebec. It is an ideal career-defining opportunity for a seasoned software engineer who wants to shape the future of real-time enterprise data and AI integration.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, test, and operate the first production backend services for context ingestion, context indexing, retrieval orchestration, API access, source configuration, and system administration.
Build a scalable SaaS architecture for multi-tenant services, incorporating tenant isolation, usage tracking, quotas, audit logs, background jobs, and reliable service boundaries.
Develop APIs and service interfaces enabling AI agents, MCP tools, CLIs, and internal applications to retrieve relevant context, provenance, confidence signals, and warnings.
Balance fast experimentation with long-term reliability as the product transitions from prototype to production-grade SaaS.
Instrument services with metrics, logs, traces, alerts, and dashboards to monitor system behavior and ensure high reliability.
Contribute to technical direction by shaping architecture, storage choices, API contracts, deployment patterns, and engineering practices.
Exercise strong ownership over AI solutions, ensuring they remain scalable, maintainable, and aligned with user workflows.

Requirements

Experience building production-grade, user-facing software systems with a self-starter mindset.
Practical experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and building GenAI-powered applications.
Proven track record of successfully delivering software into active production use.
Exposure to cloud-native environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Experience utilizing observability tools to troubleshoot and understand system behavior.

Nice to Have

Experience building or working with agent frameworks or multi-agent workflows.
Background as a data analyst or working with data platforms like Snowflake, DataBricks, Looker, Tableau, or PowerBI.
Experience building tools specifically for data engineering.

Skills and Tools

AWS, GCP, Azure, and Snowflake
LLMs, GenAI, and Prompt Engineering
Distributed backend systems and multi-tenant SaaS architecture
Observability, metrics, logs, and traces

Salary and Benefits

Base compensation range for Canada: CAD $186,368 to $223,642 per year.
Benefits include equity, performance bonuses if applicable, and a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum, which includes 3 reserved Grafana Shutdown Days.

About the Company

Grafana Labs is the creator of Grafana Cloud, a fully managed observability platform trusted by over 10,000 organizations like Anthropic, Bloomberg, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Salesforce. Operating as a 100% remote company with team members across more than 40 countries, Grafana Labs fosters a collaborative, innovation-driven culture built on open-source roots, transparency, autonomy, and trust.

How to Apply

Candidates interested in this remote opportunity should visit the official Grafana Labs careers page to submit an application.

Skills and tech stack

AWSGCPAzureSnowflake

Questions candidates ask

Is this job fully remote?

Yes, this is a 100% remote role open to candidates located in Canada, though residents of Quebec are not eligible.

What is the salary range for this role in Canada?

The base compensation range for candidates in Canada is CAD $186,368 to $223,642 per year, with actual compensation varying based on level, experience, and skillset.

What cloud platforms are relevant to this position?

Exposure to cloud-native environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure is required for this role.

What benefits are included?

Benefits include equity, bonuses if applicable, and a global annual leave policy of 30 days per year, including 3 dedicated Grafana Shutdown Days.

What kind of team will I be working on?

You will be working on a skunkworks initiative team focused on building an AI-native data intelligence system, operating with a high degree of autonomy and ownership.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Grafana Labs careers page.

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