Senior Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope | US | Remote

ABOUT THE ROLE We are the creators of Pyroscope, an open-source continuous profiling database that offers rapid, scalable, highly reliable, and efficient storage and querying capabilities. Our dedicated backend development team works closely with clients and the Grafana Cloud teams to deliver profiling solutions for on-premises and cloud environments at scale. This position focuses on implementing distributed systems to effectively manage profile ingestion and queries. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a key member of our backend development team, you will collaborate with your team to deliver new features, analyze outcomes, and make improvements. You will lead projects from concept to implementation, including ongoing customer support, design, build, operate, and maintain essential systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and availability. You will also participate in on-call rotations, take responsibility for the services you oversee, support and mentor team members, engage in design conversations, and work closely with colleagues. Additionally, you will expand your skill set by deepening your knowledge of our cloud products, understanding our customers, and learning about our codebase. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you should be a motivated self-starter with a bias toward action. You should have a passion for creating intuitive products that fit customers' needs and be able to take on complex challenges and break them down to achieve short feedback loops. You should also have solid experience with at least one programming language, preferably Go, but familiarity with Python, C, C++, Rust, or similar languages is also valuable. Good communication skills are essential, as you will be working with your teammates in a fully remote setup. WHY REMOTE We are a 100% remote company with 1,600+ team members across 40+ countries. We prioritize innovation and inclusivity, empowering every team member to share ideas that improve our product as a dependable solution. As a remote-first company, we provide support and hold regular meetings through video calls to ensure effective collaboration and alignment. BENEFITS We invest heavily in developer productivity, providing access to modern AI coding assistants, a company-funded usage budget, and frontier models (e.g., GPT-Codex 5/3, Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3 Pro). We encourage pragmatic AI-assisted development, and you will have the opportunity to work with a talented team of engineers who share your passion for creating intuitive products that fit customers' needs.