IT & Software

Senior Database Systems Engineer

Grafana

Toronto · Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Metro Vancouver Regional District, Capitale Nationale, Ontario, Division No. 11, Peel Region, Moncton Parish · Canada

Build OLAP and OLTP storage systems for Grafana’s general purpose data platform as a Senior Database Engineer working remotely. Shape scalable data infrastructure.

This senior role focuses on database systems spanning ingestion, query planning, distributed execution, and storage formats. You will help develop a multi-tenant SaaS foundation that separates compute from storage across cloud providers. The work supports analytics queries and freshly stored data.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement database ingestion and query planning
  • Build distributed query execution and storage formats
  • Define tenant isolation, quotas, and usage tracking
  • Operate services with metrics, logs, traces, and alerts
  • Shape architecture, APIs, and deployment patterns

Requirements:

  • Mastery of Golang, C++, or Rust
  • Experience building production-grade user-facing software systems
  • Experience with distributed systems and query engines
  • Experience with catalogs and table formats
  • Cloud-native experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure

Bring database engineering, distributed systems, and observability expertise to Grafana’s evolving data platform and production services.

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