Grafana Labs is hiring a
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Databases, Remote - United States

Summary

The job is for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer focusing on databases at Grafana Labs. The role involves supporting high-value customers by increasing the reliability of Cloud databases based on Mimir, Loki, Tempo, and Pyroscope. The position is remote and open to candidates in the USA & Canada.

Requirements

• Strong engineering background (at least 6 years), that lean towards SRE roles (at least 3 years)
• Good communication, capable of engaging in deep technical conversations with other engineers and customers
• Experience with Kubernetes on any of AWS, GCP, or Azure, and working with Helm charts or other IaC tools
• Experience with Site Reliability Engineering, Large System Design , and Distributed Computing
• Experience with one or more programming languages (e.g. Go, Python, Java, etc)
• Experience with Linux operating systems internals, and some knowledge of networking, cloud storage, and scaling
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Comfortable working within an engineering team where individuals are encouraged to have a strong sense of autonomy and self-direction

Responsibilities

• Support our highest value Grafana Cloud customers by increasing the reliability of our Cloud databases
• Own the configuration of software via Helm charts and Jsonnet
• Contribute design docs, code, PR review, and other engineering activities to improve reliability for the customer
• Participate in Incident Response when applicable, including investigation through to resolution, PIR, and communication with customers via Bridge calls where necessary

Benefits

• In the US, the base compensation range for this role is $ 148,505 - $ 178,206. 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