Staff Backend Engineer - Tempo Databases (Remote)
Summary
Designs and scales distributed tracing APIs for Tempo, mentors engineers, and leads high-impact observability projects at Grafana Labs.
Grafana Labs is hiring a Staff Backend Engineer for Tempo in a fully remote role with Canada as a work location. The role focuses on building and scaling Tempo, a distributed tracing backend, and involves leading complex initiatives, owning core architectures, and driving performance and reliability across the Tempo platform.
The candidate will design APIs for humans and agents, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and other Grafana teams to deliver high-impact observability products.