Remote Staff Software Engineer - O11y, Asserts (Remote Canada/US)

Description:

• This is a full-time remote position, and candidates from the US or Canada are being sought.
• The Asserts.ai team, part of Grafana Labs, is growing within the Observability group after an acquisition.
• The backend team is responsible for building and operating low-latency microservices using Java and databases like Graph DB.
• The services provide automated Root Cause Insights by querying Grafana Cloud Metrics, Traces, and Logs databases and integrating with Grafana platform components.
• The Asserts services are multi-tenant, highly available, and process/store data in Graph and Time Series DB.
• The role involves building and leading backend initiatives for Asserts as the company scales to thousands of self-service customers.
• Responsibilities include driving technical and business strategy, influencing the product roadmap, and system design.
• The engineer will work with the team to deliver new features, own system reliability, and participate in on-call rotations.
• Mentoring and supporting team members is also a key aspect of the role.
• The engineer will strive to become a subject matter expert in observability products and systems.

Requirements:

• Candidates must be motivated self-starters with a bias towards action.
• A customer-focused mindset is essential, with a passion for creating intuitive products.
• Experience in delivering projects from requirements gathering to product shipping is required.
• Candidates should have experience in building and deploying SaaS software on cloud providers like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong experience in Java programming and deploying Java-based microservices is necessary.
• Experience with Kubernetes is required.
• Candidates must have operated production services and participated in on-call rotations.
• Active mentoring of team members and sharing knowledge through blog posts or tech talks is expected.
• A curiosity for learning new programming languages and frameworks is important.

Benefits:

• Employees will be part of a remote-only, globally distributed team.
• There are opportunities to collaborate with passionate professionals across Grafana Labs.
• Participation in company-wide hack-a-thons is encouraged to drive real-world innovation.
• Employees can attend cross-functional team off-sites.
• There is a chance to contribute to open-source projects and make a significant impact.
• The company values work-life balance, personal growth, and professional development.
• In Canada, the base compensation range for this role is CAD 146,000 - CAD 183,011, with actual compensation varying based on level, experience, and skillset.
• Benefits include equity, bonuses (if applicable), and other benefits as detailed on the company's careers page.