Senior Fullstack Engineer, Grafana Labs
Grafana Data Source Plugins, NASA
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Open & composable observability platform
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Open & composable observability platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$164.5-197.4k
More information about location
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 know how to transform ideas into working code, you are able to design a solution, get feedback and deliver large projects
- You are a self-driven individual who understands the power of feedback loops in making roadmap decisions and driving our product forward
- You are a motivated self starter with a bias towards action, and willing to take on any challenge
- You are customer focused. We build everything with our users in mind. You have a passion for creating intuitive products that fit customers’ needs
- You are an excellent communicator and you enjoy collaboration
- You are comfortable working in a remote-first company
- Solid experience with Golang & Typescript
- Experience with Kubernetes & microservices
- Experience writing clean, robust, and performant software that is easily maintained by others
- Experience participating in an on-call rotation and performing operations/SRE tasks
Desirable
- You have been a user of Grafana and Grafana Data Sources
- You have expertise in one of the underlying databases we support
- You have strong experience working with a Product Manager or external stakeholders
What the job involves
- As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer in the Grafana Data Source Plugins squad, you will take a leading role in developing and enhancing a diverse portfolio of data source plugins that retrieve the data powering Grafana dashboards used by teams worldwide
- Our team focuses on continuously improving data source plugins, ensuring seamless experience for human and agent users alike. A key aspect of this role is guaranteeing the smooth operation and reliability of our plugins in the Grafana Cloud, helping us deliver on our commitment to world-class observability tools
- Some data source plugins we own:
- Prometheus, Loki, Infinity, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS Cloudwatch, and Clickhouse. The full catalog is listed here
- A typical “day in the life” could include:
- Building or improving Grafana plugins to integrate third party services or databases into Grafana
- Supporting the operations and reliability of our plugins in Grafana Cloud
- Coming up with suggestions for process improvements
- Integrating data sources with agentic workflows such as Grafana Assistant
- Providing technical support in customer escalations
- Working closely with the rest of the Grafana Division
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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