Build Tempo’s backend platform through technical ownership, query expertise, and strong software craftsmanship in a fully remote environment. Shape systems used across Grafana.
This Senior Engineer role focuses on major Tempo components and significant technical projects. You will improve ingestion, storage, query execution, metrics generation, and APIs while documenting decisions through design reviews. Partner with Product, App Observability, Asserts, Drilldown, and Grafana Assistant teams to understand consumption and unblock delivery across the platform.
Key Responsibilities: Own major components across Tempo’s backend architecture
Improve query pipelines, performance, and analytical data workflows
Design structured, deterministic, discoverable APIs




Present design documents and make sound technical trade-offs
Collaborate with Product and sibling engineering teams
Requirements: Robust software craftsmanship and maintainable production code
Experience with query languages, engines, or programmatic APIs
Experience with columnar or analytical storage formats
Experience building and operating distributed production systems
Clear writing and collaboration in remote teams
Apply backend platform experience, query engineering, and thoughtful technical judgment to advance Tempo’s core systems and interfaces.

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📌 Senior Tempo Backend Platform Engineer (Manitoba)
🏢 Grafana Labs
📍 Manitoba