Software Engineer, Grafana Labs
Grafana Cloud Integrations
Open & composable observability platform
Job no longer available
Open & composable observability platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unite data, no matter where it lives, and empower its users to analyze, take action, and make smart decisions.
Role
Who you are
- You may not meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If this role excites you, we’d love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity
- Experience working in Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering or related disciplines
- Solid experience with at least one programming language. We use Go, Typescript
- But if you have familiarity with Python, Rust, C, C++, or similar then that translates well
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work as part of a cross-functional team and quickly gather and build your knowledge
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills in English
Desirable
- Familiarity with observability tooling (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry)
- Experience contributing to or maintaining Open Source projects
- Experience working with with cloud computing technologies
What the job involves
- The Grafana Cloud Observability department is focused on enabling developers to understand the health and performance of their applications and infrastructure in any environment by providing tools to instrument their code, ingest observability data into Grafana Cloud and visualize and explore it
- In this role, you will be part of the team that develops our portfolio of integrations that allow customers to collect and visualize metrics from various systems and applications
- The software you will create is a core building block for the users of Grafana Cloud, and contributes significantly to our user value. Our work is built on Open Source technologies, which you will also actively contribute to
- You will bring your software engineering expertise to develop and maintain the tooling that powers our portfolio of cloud integrations and observability apps; working to develop, maintain and scale our infrastructure observability features in Grafana Cloud
- Develop and maintain features as part of Observability solutions in Grafana Cloud
- Contribute to the design and implementation of high-quality, scalable integrations for various infrastructure components, databases, and applications
- Build prototypes and present your ideas as part of a cross-functional team
- Stay up to date with the latest cloud native technologies and development methodologies
- Represent Grafana Labs in meetups, and conferences and social media forums
- As we are remote-first and our engineering organization is largely remote, we provide guidance and meet regularly using video calls, so an independent attitude and good communication skills are a must
Our take
Observability plays a crucial role in software development, where dashboards are pivotal for monitoring the health of IT infrastructure across an organization. However, for developers, the frustration of spending unnecessary time navigating between different dashboards to find the latest information detracts from valuable programming time.
Grafana creates customizable observability platforms for its clients, to enhance the efficiency of this process. Its offerings include cloud-based data structures, dashboards, API plugins, and collaboration tools. The company boasts over 25 million users globally, with a customer base exceeding 5,000 and including prominent names like Bloomberg, PJ Morgan Chase, eBay, PayPal and Sony.
While Grafana provides free plans with a simplified tool package, the Grafana Enterprise Stack offers customized solutions on a monthly subscription. The company's continues to improve to meet the evolving needs of its users, enhancing functionality with each iteration. It also fosters community engagement by enabling users to share their Grafana dashboards with the broader open-source community.
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Insights
49% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2024
$270m
SERIES D
Apr 2022
$240m
SERIES D
Total funding: $805.2m
Company benefits
- Vacation: Balance is key. Our team enjoys 30 days of paid vacation each year on top of national holidays, parental leave, and sick leave. We also take a breather on a number of Grafana Shutdown Days each year
- Healthcare: We’re proud to provide health coverage or stipends for our colleagues in the US, UK, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, Singapore, and India
- Retirement planning: There’s no time like the present to start saving for your future. We make employer contributions into the pension pots of our team members in the US, UK, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany
- Professional development: On top of a $1,500 annual learning and development stipend, Grafanistas have thousands of on-demand courses at their fingertips to help them grow professionally. Want to attend a conference or training? Go ahead. Just pass on what you learned
- Work location: Vast majority of our roles are fully remote, focused on hiring the best talent and allowing you to perform from the comfort of your home. If you fancy a change of scene, we’ll also reimburse you up to $175 a month for a personal co-working space
- Choice of tech: There’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to the tech required to do your job. Choose the laptop and accessories you need when you join us, and we’ll refresh them every three years
- Mindfulness: When you join the team, you can sign up for a complimentary subscription to Headspace to take advantage of the benefits of mindfulness and meditation. Our wellbeing resource group also organize sessions run by fellow Grafanistas or external trainers
- Paid parental leave: Grafana offers paid parental leave to all eligible new parents. This offers Grafanistas time to bond with and care for their children in the first year after birth or adoption
- Global Employee Assistance Program: We offer all team members a 100% confidential support service with 24/7 365 access to professionally qualified counsellors and specialists
Company HQ
Financial District, New York, NY
Leadership
Raj Dutt
(CEO & Co-Founder)Currently a Board Member at NSONE. Previously founded Voxel where they served as the CEO for 12 years. They also served as the Senior Vice President of Technology at Internap Network Services.
Torkel Ödegaard
(Co-Founder)Graduated from Mälardalen University with a Master's in Computer Science. Founder of Coding Instinct. Previously worked as a Consultant at H&M, Avega, and Ebay.
Anthony Wood
(Co-Founder)Previously worked at Visa and Voxel as a Senior Systems Engineer. They also have Systems Engineering experience at PalVision and iiNet.
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