Grafana Labs

Grafana Labs

Staff Software Engineer - Platform, SysEng

Canada (Remote) · Staff+

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 13 days ago
PythonGoRustC++Distributed SystemsCode ReviewCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformGrafanaPlatform EngineeringNLPSalesforceLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Grafana Cloud moves millions of metrics, log lines, and traces per second from our customers' environments into a highly available, low-latency stack that processes and stores this data, and serves them to dashboards and alerting tools.
  • We aim to grow this to hundreds of millions per second, and it's critical that as we grow, we improve our performance, increase our reliability, and, of course, do it efficiently and effectively.
  • Platform roles at Grafana Labs have an eye for engineers with a passion for performance and reliability, and who enjoy taking projects from conception to production.

Responsibilities

  • Currently, SysEng is working across engineering with a goal of reducing new region build timelines to meet customer demands.
  • The team owns the full life cycle of our code; from writing design docs, to looking at developer feedback, and integration testing.
  • Innovation-Driven - Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things.

Requirements

  • Proven delivery of large distributed systems.
  • Experience shipping and operating complex systems that span multiple teams, with clear evidence of technical leadership and impact.
  • Solid experience with cloud-native architectures (microservices, containers/Kubernetes, IaC) and the operational practices that keep them healthy.
  • Comfort with AI-assisted development.
  • We embrace AI and agentic development so we expect you to be curious and comfortable using AI-powered developer tools and ideally have practical experience folding them into a team's workflow.

Nice to have

  • You've worked in or on open source, or other community-based projects previously.
  • At Grafana Labs, "OSS is in our DNA".
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes scheduling and projects like Karpenter.
  • Terraform and/or Crossplane experience.
  • We have mixed usage - each has its strengths.
  • Experience with Tanka and/or Jsonnet.
  • an open-source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work.
  • Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do.

Skills

  • Grafana Cloud, our fully managed observability platform, is flexible and built for scale.
  • Learn more at grafana.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Compensation

  • In Canada, the Base compensation range for this role is CAD 186,368 - CAD 223,642.
  • Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process.
  • Compensation ranges are country specific.
  • If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market's defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process.
  • We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to really disconnect. *We will comply with local legislation where applicable.

Benefits

  • include equity, bonus (if applicable) and other benefits listed here.
  • All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success.
  • Because we deploy production services, we have on-call rotations to ensure the health of the system.
  • If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market's defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process.

Company info

  • We are hiring for the Platform SysEng squad.
  • This is an accelerated, cross-cutting squad that is focused on the maturity and scalability of the platform.
  • We're part of a Platform Engineering group that manages infrastructure for the teams that are building some of the most cherished tools - Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, Pyroscope to name a few.
  • Career Growth Pathways - Defined opportunities to grow and develop your career.

Equal opportunity

  • Employer: Grafana Labs is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of race, colour, nationality, origin, caste, sex, gender reassignment identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief, disability, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, maternity, marital, family or carer status, or any other characteristic which is protected by local law. We believe that equality and diversity build a strong organisation, and we work hard to ensure that is the foundation of our organisation as we grow.
  • Grafana Labs may utilize AI tools in its recruitment process to assist in matching information provided in CVs to job postings. The recruitment team will continue to review inbound CVs manually to identify alignment with current openings.
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  • Employer: Grafana Labs is an equal opportunities employer.
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