Grafana Labs · 2 weeks ago
Senior Software Engineer, Grafana OSS Big Tent | US | Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$154K/yr - $185K/yrGrafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse with over 20 million users of its visualization tool. The Senior Software Engineer will lead the development and enhancement of open source plugins, ensuring reliability and seamless customer experiences in Grafana Cloud while collaborating across teams to drive innovation.
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
You are comfortable working in a remote-first company; communication is key
You have solid professional experience as a Backend Engineer with expertise in Go and backend services
Some experience with frontend technologies is valued, as it helps bridge the gap between backend systems and user-facing features
You have strong coding skills and operational experience; you were responsible for operating the software you have built
You have experience participating in on-call rotations to support software in production, ensuring reliability and responding to incidents as needed
You have a good understanding of a software development process that takes a user-centered approach
You know how to transform ideas into working code, you are able to design a solution, get feedback and deliver large projects
You are a self-driven individual who understands the power of feedback loops in making roadmap decisions and driving our product forward
You are able to communicate the design decisions clearly in written and spoken English
You enjoy working on complex solutions
You have experience in some or all of the following: Backend technologies: Strong expertise in Go and familiarity with other backend languages is valued
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
Front-end technologies (nice to have): TypeScript, React, Redux and RxJS
Benefits
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success.
100% Remote, Global Culture - As a remote-only company, we bring together talent from around the world, united by a culture of collaboration and shared purpose.
Scaling Organization – Tackle meaningful work in a high-growth, ever-evolving environment.
Transparent Communication – Expect open decision-making and regular company-wide updates.
Innovation-Driven – Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things.
Open Source Roots – Built on community-driven values that shape how we work.
Empowered Teams – High trust, low ego culture that values outcomes over optics.
Career Growth Pathways – Defined opportunities to grow and develop your career.
Approachable Leadership – Transparent execs who are involved, visible, and human.
Passionate People – Join a team of smart, supportive folks who care deeply about what they do.
In-Person onboarding - We want you to thrive from day 1 with your fellow new ‘Grafanistas’ to learn all about what we do and how we do it.
Balance is Key - We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to really disconnect.
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
H1B Sponsorship
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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
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