Senior Software Engineer - Grafana Databases, Managed Services

📍 Ireland

EUR 104,000-124,800 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote

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AI @ 4 AWS @ 7 Azure @ 7 Cassandra @ 4 ClickHouse @ 4 Distributed Systems @ 4 GCP @ 7 Grafana @ 4 Helm @ 3 Kafka @ 4 Kubernetes @ 4 Linux @ 4 Networking @ 4 Observability @ 4 PostgreSQL SRE @ 7 Snowflake @ 4 Terraform @ 3

Details

Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source company with a global user base for Grafana and related observability projects (Mimir, Loki, Tempo). The Managed Services squad within the Databases department operates shared, production-critical infrastructure that powers Grafana Cloud’s database products. This role is remote, and applicants should be located in Ireland time zones.

Responsibilities

Operate and evolve 100+ multi-cloud streaming clusters and related database infrastructure
Diagnose and eliminate cross-layer failure modes (object storage latency, noisy neighbors, control-plane bottlenecks, query performance regressions, etc.)
Design safe upgrade and rollout strategies at scale
Improve observability, automation, and operational ergonomics
Partner with database and platform teams to ensure safe scaling, partitioning, consumer fan-out, and query performance
Work directly with distributed systems behavior, Kubernetes scheduling dynamics, storage engines, compression trade-offs, and related areas
Serve as a primary escalation point and participate in on-call rotations for incidents
Own relationships with system vendors (including WarpStream Labs and others)
Contribute to reliability, scaling, and operational excellence; participate in post-incident reviews and follow-ups

Requirements

6+ years of engineering experience, including SRE, platform engineering, production/infrastructure engineering, or distributed systems roles
Experience operating distributed systems in production (examples listed: Kafka, Redpanda, WarpStream, Postgres, ClickHouse, Snowflake, Cassandra)
Strong Kubernetes experience in AWS, GCP, or Azure
Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Helm, Terraform, Jsonnet
Solid understanding of distributed systems design and large-scale system trade-offs
Proficiency in at least one programming language (Go preferred)
Working knowledge of Linux internals, networking, cloud storage, and performance/scaling behavior
Experience in blameless incident response and writing high-quality post-incident reviews
Clear communicator, able to collaborate across teams and work autonomously

Compensation & Rewards

Base compensation range in Ireland: EUR 104,000 - EUR 124,800 (actual compensation may vary based on level and experience)
Role includes Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), and other benefits (equity, possible bonus). Additional benefits and details available via company careers pages.

Additional Details

Remote-first role; applicants must be located in Ireland time zones
On-call responsibilities shared across regions to provide balanced coverage
Company encourages AI-assisted development tools (company-funded usage budget available)
In-person onboarding is provided