Used Tools & Technologies
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Required Skills & Competences
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value.
About proficiency levels:
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Go @ 4
Grafana @ 4
Prometheus @ 4
Distributed Systems @ 4
Communication @ 7
SRE @ 3
AI @ 4
- 1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;
- 3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;
- 7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;
- 10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.
Details
Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse with more than 20M users of Grafana worldwide. The Search & Storage squad is developing Grafana’s next-generation storage layer and features such as Search (the unified engine for finding and querying Grafana data) and Folders (hierarchical content management). This role is available for candidates located in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Ireland, and Sweden.
Responsibilities
- Influence the roadmap and your own career objectives.
- Work with your team to deliver new features, then iterate and improve based on results.
- Drive projects from initial ideation through to production and operations.
- Embrace open-source culture and contribute to related projects beyond the direct team scope.
- Design, build, operate, and maintain critical systems, owning reliability, performance, and availability.
- Participate in on-call rotations and take ownership of services you run.
- Mentor and support team members; participate in design discussions and collaborate across the team.
- Learn new skills by gaining a deeper understanding of the cloud product and the codebase of a large distributed system.
- Work effectively in a largely remote engineering organization; independent attitude and strong communication skills are required.
Requirements
- Motivated self-starter with a bias towards action and customer focus.
- Pragmatic approach: break complex challenges down, deliver MVPs, gather feedback, and iterate.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills for remote teamwork.
- Solid experience with the Go programming language.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience working with large distributed systems.
- Experience delivering projects end-to-end: gathering requirements, brainstorming, and shipping to customers.
- Experience developing software that runs in the Cloud or experience with systems engineering.
- Experience writing clean, robust, and performant software that is easily maintained by others.
Bonus
- Experience using Grafana and Prometheus in operational roles (including on-call) or hobby/homelab projects.
- Familiarity with being on-call and performing operations/SRE tasks or with infrastructure-as-code concepts.
Compensation & Rewards
- In Spain, the base compensation range for this role is €82,000 - €103,000. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process. Benefits include equity, bonus (if applicable) and other benefits linked on the company careers page.
Why You’ll Thrive at Grafana Labs
- 100% remote, global culture with transparent communication and empowered teams.
- Scaling organization with innovation-driven environment and clear career growth pathways.
- In-person onboarding and a global annual leave policy (30 days per annum, with 3 Grafana Shutdown Days).
Other Notes
- Grafana Labs may utilize AI tools in its recruitment process to assist in matching CVs to job postings.
- For applicants in other countries, recruiters will discuss country-specific pay ranges and benefits during the process.