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Grafana Labs is seeking a Backend Engineer to join the AppCore Stacks squad within the Platform team. This role is part of the Foundations department, which builds the Internal Engineering Platform (IEP) that powers Grafana's business operations.
The AppCore Stacks squad owns the systems responsible for creating, configuring, reconciling, migrating, and operating Grafana Cloud stacks at scale. A stack is the customer-facing Grafana Cloud environment that connects organizations to Grafana and backend services including Mimir, Loki, Tempo, plugins, dashboards, and data sources.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design and build reconciliation systems, including the Stack State Service (SSS) backend, to track desired stack state and detect/repair drift across stack templates, grafana.com state, Hosted Grafana, and actual customer stack configuration
- Collaborate across SSS, grafana.com, and deployment configurations to ensure stack lifecycle workflows remain reliable, observable, and resilient
- Improve operational efficiency by reducing deployment complexity and contributing to the Stack Config Reconciliation project
- Manage rollout mechanisms for provisioned plugins, dashboards, data sources, Grafana versions, release channels, and stack-level configuration
- Support new region and cluster rollouts, including operational paths to bring stacks online safely in new Grafana Cloud regions
- Improve incident response and recovery paths for stack misalignment and reconciliation failures
This role sits at the intersection of product, platform, and operations. The systems you build are critical to how Grafana scales. You'll work on complex workflow and systems problems, improving reliability and developer experience while building software that directly supports both customers and internal stakeholders. Grafana is a 100% remote company with 1,600+ team members across 40+ countries, backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
