Senior Loki Query Backend Engineer at Grafana Labs

Role overview

Grafana’s databases group develops Loki for logs alongside Mimir, Tempo and Pyroscope. This role works on the distributed query side of a multi-tenant cloud service written largely in Go and running on Kubernetes across major cloud providers. Each requisition specifies its remote hiring country.

Responsibilities

• Build, release and improve features in distributed database services, then observe how customers use them.
• Own critical production systems, including their availability, performance and reliability.
• Take projects from design through operation and participate in an on-call rotation.
• Contribute to open-source engineering, design reviews and collaboration across the database team.

Qualifications

• Strong programming in Go or a transferable language such as Python, C, C++ or Rust.
• Experience delivering maintainable, high-performance software from requirements to production.
• Cloud software or systems-engineering experience, plus independent communication in a remote team.
• Kubernetes, Docker, Grafana, Prometheus, distributed services and operational on-call practice are beneficial.

Technology in this role

• Python: Python C++ AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Docker .
• C++: Python C++ AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Docker .
• AWS: Python C++ AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Docker .
• Azure: Python C++ AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Docker .
• GCP: Python C++ AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Docker .
• Kubernetes: Python C++ AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Docker .
• Docker: Python C++ AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Docker .
• Go: Python C++ AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Docker .
• C: Python C++ AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Docker .
• Rust: Strong programming in Go or a transferable language such as Python, C, C++ or .
• Prometheus: Kubernetes, Docker, Grafana, Prometheus, distributed services and operational on-call practice are .
• Grafana: Grafana’s databases group develops Loki for logs alongside Mimir, Tempo and .

Role-specific candidate guide

Preparation notes based on the employer’s stated responsibilities and qualifications.

Understanding the scope. This Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Loki Query  | Sweden | Remote position at Grafana Labs is best assessed through the work described in the employer’s posting, rather than the title alone. The available role overview says: “Grafana’s databases group develops Loki for logs alongside Mimir, Tempo and Pyroscope. This role works on the distributed query side of a multi-tenant cloud service written largely in Go and running on Kubernetes across…” Read that statement together with the responsibilities below to understand the likely balance between delivery, coordination and technical decision-making. The role belongs to the software engineering area, but that label is only a guide to the work; the employer’s own requirements remain decisive. Before applying, check the original listing for reporting lines, product or team assignment, employment terms and any details that may have changed since this copy was checked. Where this page says a fact is not specified, treat it as an open question rather than an implied promise.

What the responsibilities signal. The posting specifically names “Build, release and improve features in distributed database services, then observe how customers use them.”; “Own critical production systems, including their availability, performance and reliability.”; “Take projects from design through operation and participate in an on-call rotation.”. For each duty, identify a project where you performed comparable work and be ready to describe the context, your own contribution, constraints, decisions, and measurable result. Explain how you moved from the initial need to implementation, review, release or operational follow-through, where those stages apply. If the work involved other teams or users, distinguish your decisions from the group’s contribution. Avoid presenting a technology keyword as proof by itself: connect it to the problem you solved, the scale or complexity involved, and what changed after your work. The source may contain additional duties; review it directly before preparing your application.

How to read the requirements. The listed qualifications include “Strong programming in Go or a transferable language such as Python, C, C++ or Rust.”; “Experience delivering maintainable, high-performance software from requirements to production.”; “Cloud software or systems-engineering experience, plus independent communication in a remote team.”. Mark each requirement as demonstrated, adjacent experience or a genuine gap, then use a concise example for the first two categories. A strong example explains what you personally owned, how you made trade-offs, how you validated the result and what you learned. If the posting specifies years of experience, language ability, certifications, location or eligibility, address those facts plainly in your CV or application rather than relying on the employer to infer them. Do not claim a qualification from exposure alone. For a requirement you do not meet, describe relevant transferable experience accurately and ask the recruiter whether it is mandatory.

Technology and working evidence. The technology terms associated with this listing are Python, C++, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Go. Treat this as a set of posting-derived signals, not a guarantee that every tool is used daily or that the list is complete. For each term relevant to your experience, prepare one concrete example: the system or workflow, the part you owned, the alternatives considered, and how you tested reliability, security, performance or usability as appropriate. If you have not used a named tool, explain the.

About Grafana Labs

Grafana Labs develops Grafana Cloud and open-source observability software that helps teams examine metrics, logs and traces. The employer describes itself as a fully remote company.

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