Software Engineer - Grafana OSS Big Tent (Remote, Canada AST + EST)

Grafana Labs; Canada; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Grafana Labs is seeking a Software Engineer for their OSS Big Tent squad, responsible for developing and enhancing open source plugins. This remote role requires expertise in Go, collaboration across teams, and a user-centered software development approach. If you thrive in a distributed team and have strong coding skills, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

Equity

Bonus

Health benefits

Qualifications

• Professional experience as a Backend Engineer.
• Strong coding skills with a self-driven approach.
• Experience with frontend technologies is valued.

Responsibilities

• Developing and enhancing open source plugins for Grafana.
• Ensuring reliability of plugins in Grafana Cloud.
• Collaborating with teams to drive innovation.

Skills

Go

backend services

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

DevOps

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

TypeScript

React

Redux

Job description

Software Engineer - Grafana OSS Big Tent (Remote, Canada AST + EST)

This is a remote opportunity and we would be interested in applicants from Canada AST + EST time zones only at this time.

Software Engineer, Grafana OSS Big Tent

As a Software Engineer in the OSS Big Tent squad, you will take a leading role in developing and enhancing a diverse portfolio of open source plugins that retrieve the data powering Grafana dashboards used by teams worldwide.

Our team focuses on building new open source data source plugins, continuously improving existing ones and ensuring seamless customer experiences. A key aspect of this role is guaranteeing the smooth operation and reliability of our plugins in the Grafana Cloud, helping us deliver on our commitment to world-class observability tools.

Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. You'll have the opportunity to work across the Data Sources team and partner with other squads within the Grafana division to drive innovation and solve complex engineering challenges. As we continue on a growth trajectory, we are constantly evolving our ways of working to ensure they are scalable and adaptable to the needs of our team and users.

• Some data source plugins we own:
• Prometheus, Infinity, MySQL, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Zabbix, Github, Google Sheets, Zipkin, CSV and MQTT
  
  
• A typical “day in the life” could include:
• Building Grafana plugins to integrate third party services or databases into Grafana
• Innovating our plugin system to allow for enhanced capabilities
• Supporting the operations and reliability of our 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
  
  
• What we are looking for:
• You are comfortable working in a remote-first company; communication is key. For us, working together means being collaborative, friendly, kind and respectful. We value autonomy and enabling decisions over committees and red tape. We are a distributed team, working remotely, on a product that will be used by engineers all over the world – the ability to work on your own and ship working code is crucial.
• You have professional experience as a Backend Engineer with expertise in Go and backend services.
• Some experience with frontend technologies is valued, as it helps bridge the gap between backend systems and user-facing features.
• You have strong coding skills and you were responsible for the software you have built.
• You are someone who is naturally curious, motivated to grow and thrives in a collaborative environment.
• You have a good understanding of a software development process that takes a user-centered approach.
• You know how to transform ideas into working code. You are able to design a solution, get feedback and deliver projects.
• You are a self-driven individual who understands the power of feedback loops in making roadmap decisions and driving our product forward.
• You are able to communicate the design decisions clearly in written and spoken English.
• You enjoy working on complex solutions – Grafana is a highly technological solution and has avid followers who rely on it every day and care deeply about their workflows.
  
  
• You have experience in some or all of the following:
• Backend technologies: Go and familiarity with other backend languages is valued.
• Containerization and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes.
• CI/CD and DevOps: Knowledge of building pipelines, automated testing and deployment strategies.
• Monitoring and observability: Familiarity with tools like Grafana, Prometheus or other observability platforms.
• Front-end technologies (nice to have): TypeScript, React, Redux and RxJS.

In Canada, the Base compensation range for this role is CAD 120,927- CAD 145,113. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process. Benefits include equity, bonus (if applicable) and other benefits listedhere .

*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.

*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.

About Grafana Labs: There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies -- including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay -- manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self-managed with theGrafana Enterprise Stack , both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir ), logs (Grafana Loki ), and traces (Grafana Tempo ).

Benefits: For more information about the perks and benefits of working at Grafana, please check out ourcareers page .

About Grafana Labs: There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies -- including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay -- manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self-managed with theGrafana Enterprise Stack , both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir ), logs (Grafana Loki ), and traces (Grafana Tempo ). Benefits: For more information about the perks and benefits of working at Grafana, please check out ourcareers page . Equal Opportunity Employer: At Grafana Labs we’re building a company where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, stay, and do their best work. We know that our company runs on the hard work and the dedication of our passionate and creative employees. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.

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