Senior Backend Engineer, Grafana Labs
Grafana OSS Big Tent
$154.4-185.3k
+ RSUs
More information about location
The open and composable observability platform
Job no longer available
The open and composable observability platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$154.4-185.3k
+ RSUs
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 are comfortable working in a remote-first company; communication is key
- For us, working together means being collaborative, friendly, kind and respectful
- We value autonomy and enabling decisions over committees and red tape
- We are a distributed team, working remotely, on a product that will be used by engineers all over the world – the ability to work on your own and ship working code is crucial
- You have solid professional experience as a Backend Engineer with expertise in Go and backend services
- Some experience with frontend technologies is valued, as it helps bridge the gap between backend systems and user-facing features
- You have strong coding skills and operational experience; you were responsible for operating the software you have built
- You have experience participating in on-call rotations to support software in production, ensuring reliability and responding to incidents as needed
- You have a good understanding of a software development process that takes a user-centered approach
- 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 able to communicate the design decisions clearly in written and spoken English
- You enjoy working on complex solutions. Grafana is a highly technological solution and has avid followers who rely on it every day and care deeply about their workflows
- You have experience in some or all of the following:
- Backend technologies: Strong expertise in Go and familiarity with other backend languages is valued
- Containerization and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
- CI/CD and DevOps: Knowledge of building pipelines, automated testing and deployment strategies
- Monitoring and observability: Familiarity with tools like Grafana, Prometheus or other observability platforms
- Front-end technologies (nice to have): TypeScript, React, Redux and RxJS
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer in the OSS Big Tent squad, you will take a leading role in developing and enhancing a diverse portfolio of open source plugins that retrieve the data powering Grafana dashboards used by teams worldwide
- Our team focuses on building new open source data source plugins, continuously improving existing ones and ensuring seamless customer experiences
- 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
- Collaboration is at the heart of what we do
- You'll have the opportunity to work across the Data Sources team and partner with other squads within the Grafana division to drive innovation and solve complex engineering challenges
- As we continue on a growth trajectory, we are constantly evolving our ways of working to ensure they are scalable and adaptable to the needs of our team and users
- Some data source plugins we own:
- Prometheus, Loki, Infinity, MySQL, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Zabbix, Github, Google Sheets, Zipkin, CSV and MQTT
- A typical “day in the life” could include:
- Building Grafana plugins to integrate third party services or databases into Grafana
- Innovating our plugin system to allow for enhanced capabilities
- Supporting the operations and reliability of our plugins in Grafana Cloud
- Coming up with suggestions for process improvements
- 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 collaborates closely with its clients to create customizable observability platforms, striving to enhance efficiency in observability. Its offerings include cloud-based data structures, dashboards, API plugins, and collaboration tools. Currently, Grafana boasts over 25M users globally, with a customer base exceeding 5,000, 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 observability solutions on a monthly subscription basis. The company's ongoing strategy revolves around continually improving Grafana to meet users' demands, enhancing functionality with each iteration, and fostering community engagement by enabling users to share their Grafana dashboards with the broader open-source community.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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
(Co-Founder & CEO)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.
Share this job
View 87 more jobs at Grafana Labs