Senior Software Engineer
Core
Design, build, and scale the Cloud Observability product suite (metrics, logs, traces) for customers to monitor application and infrastructure health across cloud providers. (via careerplan.io/jobs/12591-senior-software-engineer-at-grafana-labs)
Role type
Senior Software Engineer (Observability Platform)
Builds
Grafana Cloud integrations, middleware components, SDKs, libraries, dashboards, and alerts for observability data.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Observability / Open Source
Required skills
Go, Python, .NET, Java, or Rust; Cloud provider APIs and networking; Microservices architecture; Distributed systems; Observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, OpenTelemetry); Clean, maintainable code; Incident management
Preferred skills
Open source contributions; Metrics collection and visualization; Observability backend design
Technologies
Go, Python, .NET, Java, Rust, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, Beyla, Grafana
Responsibilities
Design and implement scalable integrations for infrastructure components and databases; Create middleware components, SDKs, and libraries; Represent Grafana Labs in open source forums and events; Develop features aligning with product strategy; Participate in on-call rotations and incident management; Contribute to upstream open source projects
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship
