Senior Software Engineer, Grafana OSS Big Tent | Canada | Remote at Grafana Labs

Canada

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, Observability, Open SourceIndustries

Requirements

  • Comfortable working in a remote-first company with strong communication skills; collaborative, friendly, kind, and respectful
  • Solid professional experience as a Backend Engineer with expertise in Go and backend services
  • Some experience with frontend technologies
  • Strong coding skills and operational experience, including responsibility for operating the software built
  • Experience participating in on-call rotations to support software in production, ensuring reliability and responding to incidents
  • Good understanding of a software development process that takes a user-centered approach
  • Ability to transform ideas into working code and design solutions
  • Ability to work autonomously and ship working code

Responsibilities

  • Building Grafana plugins to integrate third-party services or databases into Grafana
  • Innovating the plugin system to allow for enhanced capabilities
  • Supporting the operations and reliability of 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 and partnering with other squads
  • Developing and enhancing a diverse portfolio of open-source plugins (e.g., Prometheus, Loki, Infinity, MySQL, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Zabbix, Github, Google Sheets, Zipkin, CSV, MQTT)
  • Ensuring seamless customer experiences and smooth operation of plugins

Skills

Grafana
Go
TypeScript
Backend Engineering
Open Source Plugins
Data Sources
Observability
Grafana Cloud
Mimir
Loki
Tempo

Grafana Labs

Observability and monitoring solutions provider

About Grafana Labs

Grafana Labs specializes in observability and monitoring solutions for cloud infrastructure and applications. Its main product, Grafana, is an open-source metrics dashboard that allows users to visualize and analyze data from various sources. This helps businesses monitor the performance and health of their systems in real-time. Grafana Labs serves a wide range of clients, including large enterprises and individual developers, particularly in sectors like technology, finance, healthcare, and retail. Unlike many competitors, Grafana Labs offers both open-source and commercial products, generating revenue through premium features, enterprise support, and managed cloud services. The company's goal is to provide essential tools for monitoring and visualizing data, ensuring that digital services are reliable and efficient.

New York City, New YorkHeadquarters
2014Year Founded
$783.2MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

30 days of paid vacation each year on top of national holidays, parental leave, & sick leave
Health coverage
4% contribution match on our 401(k)
$1,500 learning and development stipend
Udemy subscription
Complimentary subscription to Headspace
Discounts on a wide variety of services, including entertainment, food, and fitness.
Remote Work Option
Global Employee Assistance Program

Risks

Increased competition from Datadog, Dynatrace, and New Relic pressures Grafana to innovate.
Recent critical security vulnerabilities could affect customer trust and adoption.
Rapid regional expansion may strain resources and impact service quality.

Differentiation

Grafana Labs offers a unique open-source observability platform with extensive customization.
The company provides both self-managed and fully managed observability solutions for diverse needs.
Grafana Labs integrates AI to enhance data analysis and monitoring capabilities.

Upsides

Grafana Labs raised $270M, boosting its valuation to over $6 billion in 2024.
The company surpassed $250M in annual recurring revenue with over 5,000 customers.
Expansion into Southeast Asia shows Grafana's commitment to localized cloud services.

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