Senior Engineering Manager, Grafana Frontend | Ireland | Remote

grafanalabs; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Annual leave 30 days

AI coding assistants budget

Job summary

Grafana Labs is seeking a dynamic engineering leader to guide two distributed squads focused on the frontend platform and navigation within our observability product. This role blends people leadership with product discovery and delivery ownership, aimed at helping users move through the product while providing engineers with a solid foundation for reliable experiences.

You will coach engineers, plan capacity, and align squads with customer needs, design, and engineering leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and developing engineering teams.
• Ability to guide teams through discovery, prioritization, delivery, and measurement.
• Experience working across product, design, and engineering to resolve trade-offs and dependencies.
• Strong communication and planning skills for work across distributed teams.
• Sound judgment in applying AI or automation while maintaining code review and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Coach and develop engineers, set clear expectations, provide timely feedback, and address performance concerns.
• Plan hiring and team capacity in line with product priorities and longer-term needs.
• Gather input from customers, community members, and internal users to shape squad roadmaps.
• Work with Product, Design, and engineering leaders to set priorities, resolve dependencies, and balance customer needs with operational work and long-term investment.
• Guide work from discovery through rollout, set milestones, surface risks, and track outcomes.
• Improve planning and delivery practices, including practical use of AI and automation to reduce repetitive work and support research, coordination, and follow-through.

Job description

Role overview

Lead two distributed engineering squads responsible for the frontend platform and navigation in an observability product. The role combines people leadership, product discovery, and delivery ownership, with a focus on helping users move through the product and giving engineering teams a strong foundation for building reliable experiences.

Responsibilities

• Coach and develop engineers, set clear expectations, provide timely feedback, and address performance concerns.
• Plan hiring and team capacity in line with product priorities and longer-term needs.
• Gather input from customers, community members, and internal users to shape squad roadmaps.
• Work with Product, Design, and engineering leaders to set priorities, resolve dependencies, and balance customer needs with operational work and long-term investment.
• Guide work from discovery through rollout, set milestones, surface risks, and track outcomes.
• Improve planning and delivery practices, including practical use of AI and automation to reduce repetitive work and support research, coordination, and follow-through.

Requirements

• Experience leading and developing engineering teams, including setting expectations and managing performance.
• Ability to guide teams through discovery, prioritization, delivery, and measurement.
• Experience working across product, design, and engineering to resolve trade-offs and dependencies.
• Strong communication and planning skills for work across distributed teams.
• Sound judgment in applying AI or automation while maintaining code review and quality standards.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote work in a globally distributed organization, with an in-person onboarding period.
• Annual leave policy of 30 days, including three designated company shutdown days, subject to local requirements.
• Access to a company-funded budget for AI coding assistants.