Senior Frontend Engineer - Observability

Summary

Join Grafana Labs, a remote-first, open-source company, as a Senior Frontend Engineer and contribute to the development of their cloud observability platform. You will collaborate with designers to create user-friendly experiences, implement visual designs using reusable components, and expand core libraries. The role requires experience with React, TypeScript, and Redux, along with a strong understanding of web application security and end-to-end testing. Grafana Labs offers a global, remote-first culture, transparent communication, and opportunities for career growth. The company provides a competitive compensation package including RSUs and a generous annual leave policy. This is a chance to work on a highly impactful product used by millions worldwide.

Requirements

• You are comfortable working in a remote-first company; communication is key
• For us, working together means being collaborative, friendly, kind, and respectful. We operate by consensus. You can contribute to a discussion, disagree constructively, and commit to the team’s decision. You are able to communicate design decisions clearly in written and spoken English
• You have at least a couple of years of experience as a Senior Frontend engineer
• We are a team working remotely, on a product that will be used by engineers all over the world – the ability to work on your own is crucial
• You have a good understanding of a software development process that takes a user-centered approach. You easily build an understanding of the users’ context and goals which will help you build the right solution with the maximum value
• You know how to transform ideas into working code – you are able to design a solution, get feedback, and write a prototype by yourself
• You enjoy working on complex solutions – Grafana is a highly technological solution and has avid followers who rely on it every day and who care deeply about their workflows. You value code maintainability, readability & automation
• You are able to troubleshoot modern web application issues and work with profilers, debuggers, bundlers, and testing libraries
• You have a strong understanding of web application security best practices and can identify and mitigate common vulnerabilities. You are committed to writing secure code and are familiar with tools and techniques to ensure security at every stage of development
• You have experience with end-to-end testing, ensuring that the entire flow of an application functions as expected. You are comfortable setting up and maintaining E2E testing frameworks, writing comprehensive test cases, and integrating these tests into the CI/CD pipeline to maintain high-quality standards
• Experience with React, TypeScript, and Redux

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product, UX, and graphic designers to turn their designs into great user experiences
• Implement visual designs using clean, reusable components
• Expand and improve our core libraries that other teams and the plugin ecosystem depend on. (Examples: Page layouts, menus, drawer, plugin build tools.)
• Regularly attend meetings with colleagues from different time zones

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Linux and any of Prometheus, Graphite, InfluxDB or Elasticsearch is also an advantage
• Storybook
• Emotion & Sass
• RxJS
• Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, Playwright
• Webpack
• Golang experience

Benefits

• 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
• In Spain, the base compensation range for this role is EUR 80,571 - EUR 96,685. 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