Staff Frontend Engineer

Summary

Join Grafana Labs, a remote-first, open-source company, as a Frontend Engineer and contribute to the development of Grafana Enterprise, a composable observability platform. You will be working on visualizations for enterprise application developers and observability tools for other frontend developers, collaborating with various teams and customers. The role involves leading feature development, driving continuous improvement of engineering culture, and owning customer experience through on-call rotations. You will also contribute to open-source communities and develop thought leadership within the front-end and UX community. This is a remote opportunity for US-based applicants only. Grafana Labs offers competitive compensation, including RSUs, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• You work well as a communicative member of a team of engineering professionals
• You earn trust by saying what you mean and doing what you say
• You are customer focused. You start with the customers’ needs and work backwards
• You insist on the highest standards and work to develop the skills and knowledge of your fellow team members
• You take on complex challenges and break them down into digestible problems and leverage your team and organization to deliver
• You design modular solutions, deliver minimum loveable products, gather data and feedback and then progress iteratively
• Professional experience engineering testable React UIs from ideation through to production operations
• Professional experience developing clean, testable software with TypeScript
• Experience delivering deployable Webpack artifacts in a continuous delivery environment
• Building performant and robust tests with Jest and Playwright

Responsibilities

• Earning the trust of our customers to further Grafana’s “big tent” philosophy of data accessibility and to meet clear business objectives
• Leading the development of features for people like you
• Driving continuous improvement of our engineering culture through words and actions
• Driving projects from initial ideation through the development lifecycle to production
• Contributing to projects that impact the experience of Grafana operators around the world
• Owning the experience of our customers by participating in weekday 12h x 5d and separate weekend 24h x 2d on-call rotations. (Yes, we prioritize ops load reduction.)
• Hiring and developing the best engineers to build the future of Grafana
• Developing your skills as a thought leader to drive continuous improvement of engineering and operational practices across Grafana Labs
• As a Frontend Engineer, you will be working on visualizations for enterprise application developers who are managing their applications at runtime, and observability tools targeted for other frontend developers
• Collaborating with Product, UX, and graphic designers to turn their designs into great user experiences
• Implementing visual designs using clean, reusable components
• Collaborating with software engineers from across Grafana Labs and various large scale customers and IaaS providers
• Expand and improve our core libraries that other teams and the plugin ecosystem depend on
• Developing thought leadership within the front-end and UX community at Grafana Labs
• Advocating for our customers at every stage of the development lifecycle

Preferred Qualifications

• Some experience developing with Storybook
• Exposure to Emotion & Sass
• Exposure to React Testing Library, Cypress
• Exposure to Golang
• Exposure Infrastructure observability platforms

Benefits

• In the United States, the Base compensation range for this role is USD 168,256 - USD 201,907
• All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success
• 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