Grafana Labs · 10 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer - Observability Knowledge Graph Backend | USA | Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$175K/yr - $210K/yrGrafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse with over 20M users of Grafana. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to build and enhance observability solutions that connect signals across the stack and deliver automated insights, focusing on performance and reliability.
AnalyticsCloud Data ServicesData VisualizationOpen SourceSoftware
Responsibilities
Work with your team to build and roll out new features, then use the results to iterate and improve
Drive projects from initial ideation all the way to operations once it is in the hands of customers
Take on complex challenges and break them down to achieve short feedback loops: to analyze, design, and build modular solutions, deliver MVPs, gather data and feedback, and then progress iteratively
Maintain critical systems, and own their reliability, performance, and availability
Be a part of your team’s on-call rotations and take ownership of the services you’re running
Mentor and support other team members, participate in design discussions, and collaborate with the team
Learn new skills by gaining a deeper understanding of our cloud product and our customers and getting to know the codebase
Take an active role in influencing our roadmap and your own career objectives
Qualification
Required
You are a motivated self starter with a bias towards action
You have strong coding skills and operational experience; you were responsible for operating the software you have built
You have worked on a SaaS platform and dealt with common distributed systems problems (e.g. scalability, multi-tenancy, data isolation, HA, …)
You have excellent written and spoken communication skills. You'll be working with your team mates in a fully remote setup. Good communication skills are a must
You are willing to work across teams. Your work has to be aligned with the needs of other squads and external stakeholders. You make your plans transparent, bring stakeholders on board, and are open to feedback and suggestions
You are pragmatic; you prioritize progress over perfection; you can handle ambiguity
We use Java on the backend and deploy on AWS/Azure/GCP Clouds using Kubernetes. You must have programming experience in Java and experience with Kubernetes and any one of the cloud platforms
You are customer focused. We build everything with our users in mind
Benefits
Equity
Bonus (if applicable)
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
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
Balance is Key
Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum
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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