Grafana Labs is a 100% remote company building Grafana Cloud, a fully managed observability platform. We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the next phase of our Tempo tracing backend, turning it from a SaaS database into a platform that powers Grafana’s upcoming observability products.
Tempo is the open‑source distributed tracing backend for Grafana Cloud Traces. Deliver reliable Grafana Cloud Traces by removing rough edges, confusing limits, and hidden failures.
Push performance further: faster query latency at hundreds of MB/s ingestion and 30‑day query ranges.
Query performance with new data formats and optimizations.
Limits and self‑service for customer‑facing configuration.
Deep systems experience building and operating production distributed data systems.
Strong software craftsmanship; Proficiency in Go (or a path to it); Rust, C, or C++ experience is acceptable.
Leadership through collaboration, design docs, and clear communication in a fully remote environment.
Experience with columnar storage formats (Parquet, etc.).
Operating multi‑tenant,



multi‑cell SaaS infrastructure at scale on Kubernetes.
Experience with Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, or Tempo in a previous role or homelab.
Experience in a fully remote, globally distributed team.
Remote‑first; synchronous video meetings combined with asynchronous written collaboration. We value creativity, diverse perspectives, and open communication.
Why You’ll Thrive At Grafana Labs
~100% remote, integral culture.
~ Global annual leave: 30 days plus 3 days reserved for company shutdowns.

Grafana Labs is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of race, colour, nationality, origin, caste, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, disability, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, maternity, marital, family or carer status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.
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