Grafana Labs is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for Grafana Cloud k6. This remote role involves designing and implementing high-quality software, improving reliability practices, and guiding teams in building distributed cloud systems. Ideal candidates have a strong background in programming (Python or Go) and SRE practices. Compensation in Ireland ranges from EUR 117,600 to EUR 141,120, with opportunities for equity and bonuses. Join a collaborative culture focused on meaningful work, innovation, and career growth. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse. There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies -- including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay -- manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self-managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack, both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki), and traces (Grafana Tempo). We’re scaling fast and staying true to what makes us different: an open-source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work. Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do. You may not meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If this role excites you, we’d love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity. This is a remote position. We are looking for candidates in the NASA (EST-only) or EMEA time zones. What is Grafana Cloud Grafana Cloud is our composable observability platform that integrates metrics, logs, traces, and profiles with Grafana. It allows our customers to leverage the best open source observability software – including Prometheus, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, and Pyroscope – without the overhead of installing, maintaining and scaling their own observability stack. The Observability department is focused on enabling developers to understand the health and performance of their applications and infrastructure in any environment by providing tools to instrument their code, ingest observability data into Grafana Cloud and visualize and explore it. What is Grafana Alloy Alloy is a distribution of the OpenTelemetry collector. Its purpose is to collect, process, and export telemetry signals at scale. Alloy combines the strength of leading ecosystems like OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Loki, Pyroscope, and more. Alloy is an open source project that is maintained on Github. What You'll Be Doing Manage and develop the team of Alloy engineers, providing regular feedback and supporting each person’s growth through career conversations. This is a remote team, distributed between EMEA and NASA. Support the Alloy team on their path to closer collaboration with the OpenTelemetry collector community. Address roadblocks. Collaborate closely with go-to-market to ensure customers and prospects are successful with their Alloy journey. Work closely with product and engineering leadership to ensure Alloy fits seamlessly into the end-to-end user experience for Grafana cloud products. Provide guidance throughout the project lifecycle from early ideation through planning, execution and post-launch guiding the team to deliver high‑quality results consistently. Foster a psychologically safe environment where engineers can learn, experiment and iterate quickly, encouraging innovation and a culture of continuous improvement. Work across team boundaries by contributing to projects outside your team’s scope and partnering with other functions to solve customer problems. As a company we are remote-first and global, we embrace people of different experiences and backgrounds to build diverse teams where every person brings a new perspective to the software. We invest heavily in developer productivity. You can use modern AI coding assistants as part of your daily workflow (your choice of tools, within security guidelines), backed by a company‑funded usage budget so you can iterate quickly without unnecessary friction. We encourage pragmatic AI-assisted development: faster prototyping, test generation, refactors, documentation, and incident follow-ups—always paired with strong code review and quality standards. You’ll also have access to frontier models (e.g., GPT‑Codex 5.4, Claude Opus 4.7, Gemini 3 Pro). What are we looking for in you You should have enough domain knowledge in observability and OpenTelemetry to manage a team that will collaborate closely with the OpenTelemetry collector community. You will be comfortable working with engineering teams who have a strong sense of autonomy in their decision‑making, be it technical or product focused. While you’re great with people and adept at managing relationships, you still keep up‑to‑date with the latest technical trends and shifts in order to maintain and enhance your understanding of the challenges your teams face. Comfortable collaborating across time zones and cultures in a fully remote environment, using clear, empathetic communication to build trust, connection, and psychological safety. Demonstrated ability to manage complexity, align stakeholders, and elevate team performance to deliver meaningful, high‑quality results. Deeply customer‑focused, consistently grounding decisions and technical choices in user needs and real‑world impact. Solid understanding of distributed systems principles, including scalability, fault tolerance, consistency, and observability. Comfort with AI‑assisted tooling. We embrace AI and agentic development so we expect you to be curious and comfortable using AI‑powered tools and ideally have practical experience folding them into a team’s workflow. In the ROI, the Base compensation range for this role is EUR 117.000 - EUR 141.120. 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 listed here. Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market’s defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process. Why You’ll Thrive At Grafana Labs 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. *We will comply with local legislation where applicable. Equal Opportunity Employer We will recruit, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different and unique. We believe that equality and diversity builds a strong organization and we’re working hard to make sure that’s the foundation of our organization as we grow. Grafana Labs may utilize AI tools in its recruitment process to assist in matching information provided in CVs to job postings. The recruitment team will continue to review inbound CVs manually to identify alignment with current openings. For information about how your personal data is used once you’ve applied to a job, check out our privacy policy. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Grafana Labs, a remote-first company based in Ireland, seeks an experienced professional to enhance their Cloud/Grafana-as-a-service offerings. This role involves transforming Grafana’s architecture to support multi-tenancy and scaling the platform for a seamless observability experience. You will be responsible for integrating OSS and proprietary applications with Grafana’s dashboards, alerts, and telemetry. This position offers a competitive salary of EUR 117,600 – EUR 141,120, along with RSUs, and a remote working culture that promotes collaboration and innovation. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their cloud k6 team, where you'll design and implement software for performance testing at scale. This fully remote role is open to applicants in Ireland and requires strong programming skills in Python or Go, experience with large-scale distributed systems, and expertise in SRE practices. The position offers a base salary of EUR 117,600 to EUR 141,120, along with benefits like 30 days annual leave and equity options. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Grafana Labs is a remote‑first, open-source powerhouse. There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies – including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay – manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self‑managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack, both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki), and traces (Grafana Tempo). The Opportunity As our Cloud / Grafana‑as‑a‑service business continues to grow, we've started to change Grafana's core architecture to be fully multi‑tenant and scalable, as well as a solid platform for our opinionated Cloud apps. We’re looking for someone with a lot of experience with SaaS platforms at scale. You will help turn Grafana into a proper observability app platform where OSS and proprietary apps can directly tap into dashboards, alerts, incidents, and telemetry to deliver even more integrated experiences. Compensation In Ireland, the compensation range for this role is EUR 117,600 – EUR 141,120. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed throughout the interview process. All roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success. Compensation ranges are country specific; if you’re applying from a different location, your recruiter will discuss the appropriate market pay range and benefits. Why You’ll Thrive At Grafana Labs 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 – 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 – Thriving from day one with fellow new ‘Grafanistas’ to learn all about what we do and how we do it. Balance is Key – Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. Three days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to disconnect. We will comply with local legislation where applicable. Equal Opportunity Employer We will recruit, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, and all other characteristics that make us unique. Equality and diversity build a strong organization and we’re working hard to make that foundation a reality. Additional Information Grafana Labs may utilize AI tools in its recruitment process to assist in matching information provided in CVs to job postings. The recruitment team will continue to review inbound CVs manually to identify alignment with current openings. For information about how your personal data is used once you’ve applied, check out our privacy policy. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Grafana Labs is looking for a Staff Frontend Engineer - Observability Drilldown to join their remote team. This role involves enhancing queryless exploration workflows, leading projects, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have deep experience in React and TypeScript, and strong problem-solving skills. The position offers a competitive salary range between EUR 117,600 and EUR 141,200, along with RSUs to promote team ownership in Grafana's success. Join a collaborative culture committed to innovation and developer productivity. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Grafana Labs is hiring an Engineering Manager for their Databases Metrics team in Ireland. This remote role involves managing a team of engineers focusing on Grafana's metrics products. Responsibilities include people management, technical oversight, and project management. Ideal candidates have experience in distributed systems, Kubernetes, and a strong bias towards action and ownership. The base compensation ranges from €117,000 to €137,000 with additional RSUs. Join a culture of innovation and remote collaboration. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Senior Frontend Engineer - Grafana Data Pro | Ireland | Remote Republic of Ireland (Remote) Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse. There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies – including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay – manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self-managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack, both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki), and traces (Grafana Tempo). We’re scaling fast and staying true to what makes us different: an open-source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work. Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do. You may not meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If this role excites you, we’d love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity. This is a remote opportunity and we would be interested in applicants based in Spain, Sweden, Germany, the UK or Ireland at this time. The Opportunity The Grafana Frontend group is responsible for the end-to-end user experience on Grafana the observability product and Grafana the platform used by many engineers to build plugins. Our squads are responsible for dashboards, data visualisation and manipulation, navigation across the ecosystem, sharing experience, content search, organisation and more. DataPro The DataPro squad develops tools that empower users to express their data. We serve as the bridge between data producers (Data Sources) and consumers (Data Visualizations), enhancing the capabilities of data sources in line with our "big tent" philosophy. What we do Query experience & Data manipulation: We build and evolve the query experience as well as the engine and components behind the Grafana data transformations experience, which primarily includes Transformations and SQL Expressions. Community Engagement: we listen to the open-source community, we retrieve contributions, and turn feedback into real improvements. Operational Excellence : we own the performance, reliability, and maintainability of a system that runs at global scale. We value readability, maintainability and clarity of our code. How we work No blame : We focus on learning and improving ourselves and our product. Better done than perfect : We iterate quickly and deliver value continuously. User-first : We design for real users solving real problems and we make data-driven decisions. Mentorship & Innovation : we grow together through knowledge sharing, mentorship, internal hackathons, and constant learning. What You’ll Be Doing As a Senior Software Engineer at Grafana Labs, you will: Take an active role in influencing our roadmap and your own career objectives Drive projects from initial idea all the way to operations once it is in the hands of customers 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 Contributing to and reviewing design documents for upcoming features We invest heavily in developer productivity. You can use modern AI coding assistants as part of your daily workflow (your choice of tools, within security guidelines), backed by a company-funded usage budget so you can iterate quickly without unnecessary friction. We encourage pragmatic AI-assisted development: faster prototyping, test generation, refactors, documentation, and incident follow-ups—always paired with strong code review and quality standards. You’ll also have access to frontier models (e.g., GPT-Codex 5/3, Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3 Pro). What Makes a Great Fit Strong engineering skills : Solid experience building production software systems. You’re a self-starter, capable of tackling complex engineering problems with minimal supervision. You treat writing tests as a core part of the development process, not an afterthought. You have experience with TypeScript and React, Jest and Playwright. Complex operational thinking : Can take on complex challenges and break them down into tight feedback loops: analyze, design, ship an MVP, gather data, then iterate. Proven initiative and pragmatism : You take ownership and drive projects forward, pushing boundaries to find the most impactful solutions. You can deal with ambiguity and define scope, breaking complex challenges down to achieve short feedback loops. Collaborative attitude : You communicate effectively with peers, product managers, and designers. You’re open to feedback, and you bring a solutions-oriented mindset to the table. Enjoy learning, growing, and supporting others to do the same . Appreciate efficiency and strive to identify and utilize the most effective tools for the task at hand. You naturally share your use of these tools with your team to maintain transparency and growth. Bonus Points For Experience with open source software and/or commercial open source companies Been a user of Grafana and Prometheus in operational roles Familiarity with being on-call and performing operations/SRE tasks Have an active interest in observability (Metrics, Logs and Traces) and have experience with tools like Grafana, Prometheus, or other observability platforms. Have experience mentoring engineers in a collaborative but asynchronous environment, and see it as a meaningful Care about our community of users and contributors and are keen to be an active Grafana Community Contributor. We understand that you may not have experience on all of the above. Please do apply even if you do not match some of the above criteria. In Ireland, the compensation range for this role is EUR 104,000 - EUR 124,800. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed throughout the interview process. All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success. We believe in shared outcomes—RSUs help us stay aligned and invested as we scale globally. Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market’s defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process. Why You’ll Thrive at Grafana Labs: 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. We will comply with local legislation where applicable. Equal Opportunity Employer: We will recruit, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different and unique. We believe that equality and diversity builds a strong organization and we’re working hard to make sure that’s the foundation of our organization as we grow. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Grafana Labs is looking for a Senior Software Engineer specializing in databases and managed services. This remote role requires expertise in distributed systems, Kubernetes, and multi-cloud environments. You will operate critical infrastructure for Grafana Cloud, focusing on high throughput and performance. A minimum of six years in relevant engineering fields is required. The role includes a competitive compensation range of EUR 104,000–EUR 124,800, along with equity and benefits. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Senior Software Engineer - Grafana Databases, Managed Services | Ireland | Remote Republic of Ireland (Remote) Grafana Labs is a remote‑first, open‑source powerhouse. There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open‑source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies -- including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay -- manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self‑managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack, both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki), and traces (Grafana Tempo). We’re scaling fast and staying true to what makes us different: an open‑source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work. Our team thrives in an innovation‑driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do. You may not meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If this role excites you, we’d love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career‑defining opportunity. This is a remote opportunity and we would be interested in applicants living in Ireland time zones only at this time. The Opportunity: The Managed Services team is a newly formed squad within the Databases department. It owns and operates shared, production‑critical infrastructure that powers Grafana Cloud’s next‑generation database products (Mimir, Loki, and Tempo). Today, this includes operating 100+ WarpStream clusters across multiple cloud providers and regions, with continued growth anticipated for the future. WarpStream acts as the streaming backbone for ingestion and read/write decoupling across databases. It sits directly on the hot path for metrics, logs, and traces, handling high‑throughput, multi‑consumer workloads at massive scale. In addition to streaming infrastructure, the team works closely with high‑volume analytical and storage systems that power query‑heavy and aggregation‑heavy workloads, where latency, compression behavior, storage layout, and scaling characteristics matter deeply. What You’ll Be Doing: As a Senior Engineer on Managed Services, you will take ownership of running these systems in production. This involves: Operating and evolving 100+ multi‑cloud streaming clusters and related database infrastructure Diagnosing and eliminating cross‑layer failure modes (e.g., object storage latency, noisy neighbors, control‑plane bottlenecks, query performance regressions, etc.) Designing safe upgrade and rollout strategies at scale Improving observability, automation, and operational ergonomics Partnering closely with database and platform teams to ensure safe scaling, partitioning, consumer fan‑out, and query performance Working directly with distributed systems behavior, Kubernetes scheduling dynamics, storage engines, compression trade‑offs, etc. Serving as a primary escalation point and on‑call for relevant incidents Owning the relationship with all system vendors, including WarpStream Labs and others. As we are remote‑first and our engineering organization is largely remote, we provide guidance and meet regularly using video calls, so an independent attitude and good communication skills are a must. This role blends deep distributed systems work with the opportunity to influence how the team approaches reliability, scaling, and operational excellence. We invest heavily in developer productivity. You can use modern AI coding assistants as part of your daily workflow (your choice of tools, within security guidelines), backed by a company‑funded usage budget so you can iterate quickly without unnecessary friction. We encourage pragmatic AI‑assisted development: faster prototyping, test generation, refactors, documentation, and incident follow‑ups—always paired with strong code review and quality standards. You’ll also have access to frontier models (e.g., GPT‑Codex 5/3, Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3 Pro). Of course, there is an on‑call component to this role and one that we take seriously. As a company, we hire globally (remote‑first) to ensure our on‑call remains healthy and aligned to approximately 12 daylight hours per day. You will work closely with counterparts in other regions to provide balanced coverage and shared ownership. What Makes You a Great Fit: Regular 1:1s with your manager and close collaboration with teammates across regions Reviewing and defining SLOs for shared database infrastructure, proactively reducing error budgets through improvements to monitoring, automation, scaling strategies, and system design Improving the diagnosability of core streaming and database systems in production, where possible. Implementing solutions that ensure reliability, scalability, and performance of high‑throughput, multi‑cloud infrastructure Developing fault‑tolerant patterns that account for distributed system realities such as storage latency, partition imbalance, noisy neighbors, and control‑plane dependencies Planning and executing safe upgrades and rollouts across dozens of production clusters Collaborating with database and platform engineering leaders to influence architecture, roadmap priorities, and long‑term strategy Participating in PR review and contributing to design documents, automation, tooling, and code improvements that reduce operational risk Sharing best practices and distributed systems knowledge with partner teams Participating in incident response, from investigation through resolution and post‑incident reviews (PIR) Requirements: 6+ years of engineering experience, including meaningful time in SRE, platform engineering, production engineering, infrastructure engineering, or distributed systems roles. Experience operating distributed systems in production (e.g., streaming systems, analytical databases, large‑scale storage backends). Examples of these include Kafka, Redpanda, WarpStream, Postgres, ClickHouse, Snowflake, or Cassandra. Strong Kubernetes experience in AWS, GCP, or Azure, and familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code tooling (Helm, Terraform, Jsonnet, etc.). Solid understanding of distributed systems design and large‑scale system trade‑offs. Proficiency in at least one programming language (Go preferred, but not required). Working knowledge of Linux internals, networking, cloud storage, and performance/scaling behavior. Experience participating in blameless incident response and writing high‑quality post‑incident reviews. Clear communicator who can collaborate across teams and work autonomously. Curious, pragmatic, action‑oriented, and kind (this is important!) Compensation & Rewards: In Ireland, the Base compensation range for this role is EUR 104,000 - EUR 124,800. 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 listed here. All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success. We believe in shared outcomes—RSUs help us stay aligned and invested as we scale globally. Equal Opportunity Employer: We will recruit, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different and unique. We believe that equality and diversity builds a strong organization and we’re working hard to make sure that’s the foundation of our organization as we grow. #J-18808-Ljbffr
