Build database systems with Grafana Labs using distributed systems and Go, C++, or Rust from a remote US or Canada location. Shape an early-stage platform for enterprise data.

As a Senior Software (Database) Engineer, you will build storage for a general-purpose data platform with OLAP and OTLP capabilities. You will design systems using compute-storage separation across cloud providers. The work includes ingestion, query planning, distributed execution, and storage formats. You will also help develop a multi-tenant SaaS foundation and agent-facing retrieval interfaces.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design and operate database ingestion, queries, and storage components
- Build tenant isolation, quotas, usage tracking, and audit logs
- Create APIs for agents, MCP tools, CLIs, and applications




- Instrument services with metrics, logs, traces, and alerts
- Shape architecture, service boundaries, and deployment patterns

Requirements:

- Production experience building user-facing software systems
- Experience with distributed systems, query engines, and data formats
- Mastery of Golang, C++, or Rust
- Experience delivering software actively used by customers
- Cloud-native and observability tools experience

Bring database engineering, distributed systems, and pragmatic architecture skills to Grafana Labs’ evolving data platform.

📌 Senior Database Systems Engineer (Montreal)
🏢 Grafana
📍 Montreal