Grafana Labs · 5 months ago
Senior Software Engineer, Grafana OSS Big Tent | US | Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$149K/yr - $178K/yrGrafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse with over 20M users globally. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the development and enhancement of open source plugins that power Grafana dashboards, ensuring reliability and seamless customer experiences while driving innovation within the team.
AnalyticsCloud Data ServicesData VisualizationOpen SourceSoftware
Responsibilities
Building Grafana plugins to integrate third party services or databases into Grafana
Innovating our plugin system to allow for enhanced capabilities
Supporting the operations and reliability of our plugins in Grafana Cloud
Coming up with suggestions for process improvements
Providing technical support in customer escalations
Working closely with the rest of the Grafana Division
Qualification
Required
Solid professional experience as a Backend Engineer with expertise in Go and backend services
Some experience with frontend technologies
Strong coding skills and operational experience; responsible for operating the software built
Experience participating in on-call rotations to support software in production
Good understanding of a software development process that takes a user-centered approach
Ability to transform ideas into working code, design a solution, get feedback and deliver large projects
Self-driven individual who understands the power of feedback loops in making roadmap decisions
Ability to communicate design decisions clearly in written and spoken English
Enjoy working on complex solutions
Experience in backend technologies: Strong expertise in Go and familiarity with other backend languages
Containerization and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
CI/CD and DevOps: Knowledge of building pipelines, automated testing and deployment strategies
Monitoring and observability: Familiarity with tools like Grafana, Prometheus or other observability platforms
Preferred
Experience in front-end technologies: TypeScript, React, Redux and RxJS
Benefits
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success.
100% Remote, Global Culture
Scaling Organization
Transparent Communication
Innovation-Driven
Open Source Roots
Empowered Teams
Career Growth Pathways
Approachable Leadership
Passionate People
In-Person onboarding
Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days
Company
Grafana Labs
Grafana Labs is an open-source software platform built to support monitoring, visualization, and metric analytics.
Founded in 2014
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$805.23MKey Investors
Lightspeed Venture PartnersGIC
2024-08-21Series D· $270M
2024-08-21Secondary Market
2022-04-06Series D· $240M
Leadership Team
Raj Dutt
co-founder/ceo
Anthony Woods
Co-Founder
Recent News
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