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Grafana Labs is a remote‑first, open‑source powerhouse with over 20M users worldwide. Our dashboards appear from NASA launches to Minecraft HQs, and we support more than 3,000 companies—including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay—through the Grafana LGTM Stack (Grafana Mimir, Loki, Tempo). We are growing fast while staying true to our open‑source heritage, global collaboration, and passion for meaningful work.
Opportunity
As a Mimir Engineer you’ll join one of two sub‑squads, Ingest or Query, maintaining the open‑source Grafana Mimir OSS project and operating Grafana Cloud Metrics across three major cloud providers. This role offers a chance to work on large‑scale, high‑performance distributed systems where efficiency, resilience, and reliability are essential to keeping our metrics offerings competitive and smooth at massive volumes.
Mimir engineers collaborate on cross‑team projects, design and review PRs and design documents, guide automated release rollouts, and participate in on‑call rotations. Your work will shape, optimize, and scale one of the industry’s most advanced metrics platforms.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Take an active role in influencing our roadmap and your own career objectives
* Work with your team to deliver new features, then use the results to iterate and improve
* Drive projects from initial idea to operation once it is in the hands of customers
* Embrace our open‑source culture and contribute to side projects that may not be in your team’s scope
* Design, build, operate, and maintain critical systems, owning reliability, performance, and availability
* Participate in follow‑the‑sun on‑call rotations and take ownership of the services you run
* Support other team members, participate in design discussions, and collaborate with the team
* Learn new skills by deepening your knowledge of our cloud product and a large distributed codebase
What Makes You a Great Fit
* Pragmatism: You can take on complex challenges and break them down for short feedback loops, delivering MVPs and iterating from data and feedback
* Collaboration & communication: You work effectively in a fully remote squad and communicate clearly
* Solid experience with at least one programming language (Go preferred; Python, C, C++, Rust, or similar are also welcome)
* Experience delivering projects from requirements to shipping a product to customers in a self‑driven way
* Experience with cloud software or systems engineering
* Experience with on‑call and DevOps practices
* Writing clean, robust, performance‑oriented software that others can maintain
* Familiarity with observability systems—to know when to use metrics, logs, traces for debugging
Bonus Points For
* Experience working with Kubernetes
* Experience with queue systems such as Kafka
* Been a user of Grafana and Prometheus in operational roles (including on‑call)
* Exposure to microservices architecture and distributed systems
* Familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code concepts
Compensation & Rewards
In the UK, the base compensation range for this role is GBP 91,000 – GBP 114,000. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed during the interview process. Benefits include equity, bonus (if applicable), and other benefits listed here.
* Compensation ranges are country‑specific. If you are applying from a different location, your recruiter will discuss your market’s pay range and benefits at the beginning of the process.
Why You’ll Thrive at Grafana Labs
* 100 % Remote, Global Culture – talent from around the world united by collaboration and shared purpose
* Scaling Organization – tackle meaningful work in a high‑growth, ever‑evolving environment
* Transparent Communication – 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 executives who are involved, visible, and human
* Passionate People – a team of smart, supportive folks who care deeply about what they do
* In‑Person onboarding – thrive from day 1 with fellow new ‘Grafanistas’ to learn all about what we do and how we do it
* Balance is Key – a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum, with 3 days reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to disconnect. We 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 build 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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