Staff Product Design Engineer

Summary

Join Grafana Labs as a Staff Product Design Engineer and be a founding member of the new Product Design Engineering team! This remote (UK-based, European time zones) role combines strategic thinking, hands-on coding, and UX design expertise to create scalable, user-friendly solutions. You will work directly with engineering teams to design, prototype, and implement user-facing solutions, contributing to evolving shared UI components. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of frontend engineering experience, proficiency in React, TypeScript, and Emotion, and a deep understanding of UI/UX principles. This is a high-impact role offering autonomy, the chance to influence design and engineering teams, and the opportunity to work in a remote-first culture. Compensation is competitive, and benefits include equity and a bonus.

Requirements

• Founder Mentality: You’ll be a founding member of the team - which is a new function at Grafana! - so you will be expected to help define and shape the team. You’ll also have to operate autonomously to quickly design and build solutions in a highly ambiguous space. We are looking for self-starters who have a bias to action and who want to drive impact!
• Extensive Experience: 8+ years in frontend engineering, design engineering, or a similar role
• Strong Technical Background: Proficiency in React, TypeScript, Emotion and/or SaaS and modern frontend development best practices
• Design Expertise: Deep understanding of UI/UX principles and interaction design. This role does not require that you use design tools like Figma - but you should have a strong understanding of Product Design principles and an interest in / experience with building UI components
• Prototyping & Rapid Iteration: Ability to build interactive prototypes in code or other tools (wireframes) to validate ideas quickly
• Systems Thinking: Experience in creating and evolving design systems or component libraries at scale
• Excellent Communication & Collaboration: Comfortable working cross-functionally in a remote-first environment
• Problem-Solving Mindset: Thrives in ambiguity, balancing speed with quality to deliver impactful solutions

Responsibilities

• Lead High-Impact Product Initiatives: Embed with engineering teams for 1-2 quarters at a time to accelerate design and frontend development for mission-critical projects
• Prototype and Ship User-Centric Solutions: Rapidly create interactive UI components, ensuring seamless integration into existing workflows
• Develop and Maintain Reusable UI Components: Lead the development of clean, accessible and highly reusable components in order to drive consistency and efficiency across our wider product suite
• Collaborate with Teams Across the Company: Work closely with engineers, designers, and product managers across Grafana Labs to align on technical and design strategies
• Mentor and Inspire: Guide engineers and designers on frontend best practices, accessibility, and scalable component design

Benefits

• Be a Founding Member of a New Team: This is an opportunity to help define and establish a new function at Grafana Labs
• Work on Meaningful Challenges: Tackle complex UI and UX problems while building experiences that impact millions of users worldwide
• Autonomy & Impact: Drive initiatives from conception to execution, influencing both design and engineering teams
• Remote-First Culture: Work in a truly remote-first culture while being part of a collaborative, globally distributed team
• In the United Kingdom, the base compensation range for this role is GBP 100,930 - GBP 121,116. 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