Staff Engineer, Identity & Access — Edge Auth

Grafana Labs; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus (if applicable)

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Software Engineer specializing in Identity and Access to design robust authentication systems. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in distributed systems and a strong ability to mentor engineers. This role requires collaboration across teams to redefine Grafana's authentication protocols as well as to lead complex projects impacting millions of users.

Located in the UK, candidates can expect a competitive salary range of £100,000 - £124,000, alongside equity and various benefits.

Qualifications

• Deep, proven expertise in distributed systems engineering with Go.
• Demonstrated ability to define technical direction and drive architectural decisions.
• Extensive experience building and operating low-latency, high-throughput services in multi-tenant environments.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for authentication systems and lead initiatives from conception to delivery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to define authentication for millions of users.
• Mentor and develop senior engineers providing technical guidance.

Skills

Distributed systems engineering with Go

Technical direction and architectural decisions

Low-latency, high-throughput services

Mentoring and developing senior engineers

Understanding of identity standards and threat models

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenFGA and KiFederate IDP

Observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry)

Job description

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Software Engineer specializing in Identity and Access to design robust authentication systems. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in distributed systems and a strong ability to mentor engineers. This role requires collaboration across teams to redefine Grafana's authentication protocols as well as to lead complex projects impacting millions of users.

Located in the UK, candidates can expect a competitive salary range of £100,000 - £124,000, alongside equity and various benefits.