Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Applications - Grafana Ops, AI/ML | USA | Remote

Grafana Labs; Canada; Remote; CAD 153,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading open-source observability tool provider is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to oversee evaluation frameworks for AI-driven systems. This fully remote role focuses on designing and scaling automated evaluation pipelines. The ideal candidate will have experience in AI/ML evaluation, high autonomy, and a collaborative mindset. Compensation in Canada ranges from CAD 153,729 to CAD 184,475, including RSUs for all employees.

Benefits

100% remote work

RSUs for all team members

30 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing evaluation frameworks for AI/ML systems.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering and structured output evaluation.
• Ability to translate team goals into clear testable criteria.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust evaluation frameworks for GenAI and LLM-based systems.
• Develop tooling for automated evaluation of model outputs.
• Define and refine metrics ensuring alignment with realistic use cases.

Skills

Evaluation frameworks for AI/ML systems

Prompt engineering

Tooling for automated evaluation

Job description

Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Applications - Grafana Ops, AI/ML | USA | Remote

Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse. 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 the Grafana Enterprise Stack , both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir ), logs (Grafana Loki ), and traces (Grafana Tempo ).

We’re scaling fast and staying true to what makes us different: an open-source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work. Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do.

You may not meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If this role excites you, we’d love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity.

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

The Opportunity:

At Grafana, we build observability tools that help users understand, respond to, and improve their systems – regardless of scale, complexity, or tech stack. The Grafana AI teams play a key role in this mission by helping users make sense of complex observability data through AI-driven features. These capabilities reduce toil, lower the barrier of domain expertise, and surface meaningful signals from noisy environments.

We are looking for an experienced engineer with expertise in evaluating Generative AI systems, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), to help us build and evolve our internal evaluation frameworks, and/or integrate existing best-of-breed tools. This role involves designing and scaling automated evaluation pipelines, integrating them into CI/CD workflows, and defining metrics that reflect both product goals and model behavior. As the team matures, there’s a broad opportunity to expand or redefine this role based on impact and initiative.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Design and implement robust evaluation frameworks for GenAI and LLM-based systems, including golden test sets, regression tracking, LLM-as-judge methods, and structured output verification.
• Develop tooling to enable automated, low-friction evaluation of model outputs, prompts, and agent behaviors.
• Define and refine metrics for both structure and semantics, ensuring alignment with realistic use cases and operational constraints.
• Lead the development of dataset management processes and guide teams across Grafana in best practices for GenAI evaluation.

What Makes You a Great Fit:

• Experience designing and implementing evaluation frameworks for AI/ML systems.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering, structured output evaluation, and context-window management in LLM systems.
• High autonomy to collaborate and translate team goals into clear, testable criteria supported by effective tooling.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience working in environments with rapid iteration and experimental development.
• A pragmatic mindset that values reproducibility, developer experience, and thoughtful trade-offs when scaling GenAI systems.
• A passion for minimizing human toil and building AI systems that actively support engineers.

Compensation & Rewards:

In Canada, the Base compensation range for this role is CAD 153,729 - CAD 184,475 .

Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed throughout the interview process. All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success. We believe in shared outcomes—RSUs help us stay aligned and invested as we scale globally.

All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success. We believe in shared outcomes—RSUs help us stay aligned and invested as we scale globally.

*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.

Why You’ll Thrive at Grafana Labs:

• 100% Remote, Global Culture -As a remote-only company, we bring together talent from around the world, united by a culture of collaboration and shared purpose.
• Scaling Organization – Tackle meaningful work in a high-growth, ever-evolving environment.
• Transparent Communication – Expect open decision-making and regular company-wide updates.
• Innovation-Driven – Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things.
• Open Source Roots – Built on community-driven values that shape how we work.
• Empowered Teams – High trust, low ego culture that values outcomes over optics.
• Career Growth Pathways – Defined opportunities to grow and develop your career.
• Approachable Leadership – Transparent execs who are involved, visible, and human.
• Passionate People – Join a team of smart, supportive folks who care deeply about what they do.
• In-Person onboarding - We want you to thrive from day 1 with your fellow new ‘Grafanistas’ to learn all about what we do and how we do it.
• Balance is Key - We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to really disconnect. *We will comply with local legislation where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer: We will recruit, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different and unique. We believe that equality and diversity builds a strong organization and we’re working hard to make sure that’s the foundation of our organization as we grow.

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