Compensation Overview

In June 2021, Grafana Labs acquired k6 - a Stockholm-based startup behind the open-source load testing tool for engineering teams. With k6, Grafana Labs adds extensible testing to its open and composable Grafana observability stack.

About k6

At k6, we build next-generation performance testing tools for developers and DevOps engineers. 

We are pushing the state-of-the-art in our industry, creating open-source tools focused on a great developer experience. k6 is an open-source tool that we built to reinvent the engineering principles around performance testing with a mission to empower engineers to build highly resilient and scalable systems.

• https://github.com/grafana/k6
• https://k6.io/cloud
• https://k6.io/docs/cloud
• https://k6.io/blog/the-glorious-backend

About the role

You will be a part of the k6 team that focuses on Grafana Cloud k6, our commercial product built around the OSS k6, targeted at users wanting to run performance tests at scale. Our SaaS offering allows customers to load test their systems by running distributed tests from 15+ regions worldwide, using hundreds of thousands of virtual users sending millions of requests per second. We ingest huge volumes of data generated by k6, which can be used to view, correlate, and analyze metrics from each test.

k6 is a product used by other engineers, and as such, we are looking for people enthusiastic about building high-quality tools they would want to use themselves. Due to our small teams and fast development pace, you will have a substantial and immediate impact on how the end product is architected, and how the engineering team operates. Most importantly, you will work with competent colleagues and will be able to expand your knowledge and skills in different directions.

The team you’ll work with is developing the backbone of our cloud system and focuses on building the pipeline that provisions everything needed to run a distributed test in the cloud environment. Your main responsibilities will be to:

• Architect, develop, and operate large-scale distributed systems
• Participate in, or lead design reviews that shape the future of Grafana Cloud k6
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices
• Improve application reliability and observability
• Collaborate with other teams on delivering cross-functional features to the cloud product
• Participate in the On-Call rotation and ensure the high availability of our product
• Contribute to the documentation and/or educational content

Required skills

• Strong programming background in any of the modern OOP languages (the language of choice in our cloud k6 services is Python, but knowledge is not a requirement)
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems
• Experience with test automation (performance tests, functional tests, etc.)
• DevOps experience
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good technical communication skills
• Familiarity with modern software engineering processes and practices

Not required, but great if you also have

• Experience working with Python, Go, and/or JavaScript
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Grafana stack
• Experience building event-driven systems
• Experience working with time-series data
• Affinity for developing testing frameworks

In Canada, the Base compensation range for this role is CAD 146,409 - CAD 175,691.  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 listed here.

*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