Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Grafana Labs as a Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Integrations Engineer and contribute to the development and maintenance of our portfolio of cloud integrations and observability apps. You will design and implement high-quality, scalable integrations, develop automation frameworks, and create middleware components. This role involves collaboration with various teams, representing Grafana Labs in open-source forums, and contributing to the strategic direction of observability solutions. As a remote-first company, we offer a supportive and collaborative environment. The ideal candidate possesses extensive software development experience, particularly with Golang and observability tools, and a passion for delivering seamless customer experiences. Grafana Labs offers a dedicated career path for individual contributors and opportunities to contribute to open-source communities.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software development, with strong proficiency in Golang
• Experience designing and building observability backends for various systems and applications
• Experience with cloud-based software development and production systems
• Strong understanding of metrics collection, visualization, and alerting concepts
• Experience writing clean, maintainable, robust, and performant software
• Familiarity with observability tooling (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, OpenTelemetry)
• Experience with delivering projects from start to finish in a self-driven manner
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain our portfolio of cloud integrations and observability apps, working to develop, maintain and scale our infrastructure observability features in Grafana Cloud
• Design and implement high-quality, scalable integrations for various infrastructure components, databases, and applications
• Develop automation frameworks and tools to ensure quality and consistency across our integration portfolio
• Create middleware components, SDKs, and libraries that simplify development and maintenance of observability solutions
• Represent Grafana Labs in open source forums, working groups, and events
• Work with product teams to develop features that align with wider product strategy and customer needs
• Support the technical direction and vision of the team, contributing to strategic discussions and future development of observability solutions
• Work with other departments including GTM, Product, and Support teams to deliver a holistic product experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing and maintaining Prometheus exporters or OpenTelemetry collectors
• Experience contributing to or maintaining open source projects, with evidence of successful pull requests and community collaboration
• Experience in a hands-on technical leadership role, setting technical direction and leading project teams
• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems
• In-depth knowledge of operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS) and cloud platform platform internals

Benefits

• Equity
• Bonus (if applicable)