Remote opportunity at
Grafana LabsSenior Full Stack Engineer | Database Observability, Grafana Cloud | Germany | Remote
Grafana Labs is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer for the Database Observability squad within Grafana Cloud, a fully managed observability platform. The company provides open-source…
Career Tools
About This Role
Grafana Labs is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer for the Database Observability squad within Grafana Cloud, a fully managed observability platform. The company provides open-source based observability solutions utilized by organizations globally to monitor metrics, logs, and traces. In this position, the engineer will focus primarily on frontend development while working across the full stack to build intuitive user experiences for database telemetry, slow query identification, and health monitoring.…
Job Description
Grafana Labs is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer for the Database Observability squad within Grafana Cloud, a fully managed observability platform. The company provides open-source based observability solutions utilized by organizations globally to monitor metrics, logs, and traces. In this position, the engineer will focus primarily on frontend development while working across the full stack to build intuitive user experiences for database telemetry, slow query identification, and health monitoring.
This role suits an experienced engineer who enjoys tackling complex software systems, collaborating closely with product management, design, and backend peers, and driving technical projects from conception to production. Candidates should possess a strong background in building production web applications with React and TypeScript, along with experience contributing to Go-based backend services and APIs. The position also involves participating in on-call rotations, mentoring teammates, and engaging with open-source communities.
Grafana Labs operates as a fully distributed organization with team members spread across numerous countries. This specific opening accepts applications from candidates residing in Germany, the UK, Ireland, and Spain. The base salary for this position in Germany ranges from EUR 100,000 to EUR 125,000 per year, and the total rewards package includes Restricted Stock Units.
Responsibilities
- Own technical projects through every stage from initial problem framing to rollout, user feedback collection, and success measurement
- Partner with product management, product design, and backend engineers to develop intuitive user experiences with clean, reusable components
- Contribute to supporting APIs and backend functionality as needed
- Mentor other engineers and elevate engineering standards through code reviews, design feedback, and collaborative problem solving
- Take part in on-call duties for developed software, handle incident responses, and resolve customer escalations
- Collaborate across squads on shared dependencies, contribute to design proposals, and present team work through demos and technical discussions
- Utilize modern AI coding assistants within security guidelines to accelerate workflows, prototyping, testing, refactoring, and documentation
Requirements
- Strong frontend engineering experience building and maintaining production web applications with React and TypeScript
- Comfort contributing to backend services and APIs
- Solid experience delivering complex projects, mentoring engineers, and supporting teammates
- Clear communication skills suited for a fully asynchronous environment
- Experience operating built software, participating in on-call rotations, supporting production environments, and managing incidents
- Pragmatic approach to using AI coding tools for productivity while validating outputs
Qualifications
- Open-source contributions, maintainership, or comfort engaging with a community in the open
- Interest in observability tools including metrics, logs, traces, Grafana, or Prometheus
- Background working with databases, SQL, or database performance monitoring
- Experience building backend services using Go
- Prior usage of Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, or Tempo as an on-call user or in a homelab environment
- Experience working within a fully remote, globally distributed team
Core Skills
Benefits
- Base compensation between EUR 100,000 and EUR 125,000 per year in Germany
- Restricted Stock Units providing ownership in company success
- Global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum, which includes 3 reserved shutdown days
- In-person onboarding program with fellow new team members
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers are based only on the employer’s listing; where it doesn’t say, neither do we.
Is this job remote?
Yes, this is a remote opportunity, and applications are accepted from Germany, the UK, Ireland, and Spain.
What is the salary for this position in Germany?
The base compensation range for this role in Germany is EUR 100,000 to EUR 125,000 per year, with actual compensation varying based on experience and skillset.
What technologies are used in the tech stack?
The frontend stack primarily uses TypeScript and React, while backends are written in Go. The platform integrates observability tools like Prometheus, Mimir, Loki, and Tempo.
Does the role include equity or stock options?
Yes, all roles at Grafana Labs include Restricted Stock Units to give team members ownership in the company's success.
Sample Interview Questions
AI-generated questions tailored to this specific role — a preview of the full practice set.
Search similar jobs
Related Jobs