Design and implement high-quality, scalable integrations for various infrastructure components, applications, and data ingestion pipelines
Create middleware components and libraries that simplify development and maintenance of observability solutions
When necessary, represent Grafana Labs in open source forums, working groups, and events
Work with product teams, in addition to design and docs, to develop features that align with wider product strategy and customer needs
Lead the technical direction and vision of the team, contributing to strategic discussions and future development of observability solutions
Work with other departments including Sales, Product, and Support teams to deliver a holistic product experience
Take ownership of the services you’re running by deploying well tested clean code
Embrace our open-source culture and contribute to other projects that may not directly fall within your team’s scope

Strong 8+ years of experience with at least one programming language
any major language (Python, .NET, Java, Go, Rust, etc) is acceptable
Demonstrated working experience in operating high-scale production systems running on Kubernetes and monitoring it, including on-call participation, incident response, and postmortem practices
Familiarity with observability tooling (e.g. Grafana)
Strong understanding of time-series data, metrics cardinality challenges, and cost/performance tradeoffs/optimizations in observability systems
Experience in a hands-on technical leadership role
setting technical direction, leading project teams, and influencing architectural decisions beyond your immediate team
Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts including scalability, consistency, high availability, and failure modes in large-scale systems
Experience writing clean, maintainable, robust, and performant software
Experience with delivering projects from start to finish in a self-driven manner
Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
Strong mentoring and leadership skills.

Staff Software Engineer – Grafana Cloud Observability, Kubernetes Monitoring

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