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Senior Backend Engineer

Adaptive Telemetry, Remote, UK

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Grafana Labs

Grafana Labs

1,001-5,000 employees

Observability and monitoring solutions provider

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software

Compensation Overview

£84k - £106.1kAnnually

+ Equity + Bonus

Senior

Remote in UK

Remote position; candidates from UK, Sweden, Germany, or Spain are considered.

Category
Backend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Rust
Python
Go
C/C++
Requirements
  • You are a motivated self starter with a bias towards action.
  • You are customer focused. We build everything with our users in mind.
  • You have a passion for creating intuitive products that fit customers’ needs.
  • Pragmatism: You are able to take on complex challenges and break them down to achieve short feedback loops: to analyze, design, and build modular solutions, deliver MVPs, gather data and feedback and then progress iteratively.
  • Collaboration and communication: The smallest unit we have is a squad. You’ll be working with your teammates in a fully remote setup. Good communication skills are a must.
  • Solid experience with at least one programming language. We use Go, but if you have familiarity with Python, C, C++, Rust or similar then that translates well.
  • Some experience with delivering projects from gathering requirements, brainstorming ideas all the way to shipping a product to the customer’s hands in a self-driven way.
  • Some experience with developing software that runs in the Cloud *or* some experience with systems engineering.
  • Some experience working with microservices architectures and distributed systems.
  • Experience writing clean, robust, and performant software that is easily maintained by others.
Responsibilities
  • 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 ideation all the way to operations once it is in the hands of customers.
  • Contribute to other projects that may not directly fall within your team’s scope.
  • Design, build, operate, and maintain critical systems, owning the reliability, performance, and availability.
  • Be a part of your team’s follow-the-sun on-call rotations and take ownership of the services you’re running.
  • Mentor and support other team members, participate in design discussions and collaborate with the team.
  • Learn new skills by gaining a deeper understanding of our cloud product and our customers and getting to know the codebase of a large distributed system.

Grafana Labs specializes in observability and monitoring solutions for cloud infrastructure and applications. Its main product, Grafana, is an open-source metrics dashboard that allows users to visualize and analyze data from various sources. This helps businesses monitor the performance and health of their systems in real-time. Grafana Labs serves a wide range of clients, from large enterprises to individual developers, across sectors like technology, finance, healthcare, and retail. Unlike many competitors, Grafana Labs offers both open-source and commercial products, generating revenue through premium features, enterprise support, and managed cloud services. The company's goal is to provide essential tools that ensure the reliability and efficiency of digital services.

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$535.2M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2014

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

4%

1 year growth

12%

2 year growth

43%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • The release of Grafana 11.0 and Loki 3.0 demonstrates Grafana Labs' commitment to continuous innovation and staying ahead in the observability market.
  • Grafana Labs' strong community engagement, highlighted by events like GrafanaCON, fosters a collaborative environment that can drive further innovation and user adoption.
  • The introduction of Grafana Alloy and other open-source updates enhances the platform's capabilities, making it more attractive to a broader range of users and industries.

What critics are saying

  • The rapid pace of innovation in the observability market means Grafana Labs must continuously evolve to stay competitive, which can strain resources.
  • Balancing the needs of both open-source users and enterprise clients can be challenging and may lead to conflicts in prioritizing features and support.

What makes Grafana Labs unique

  • Grafana Labs leverages its open-source roots to build a strong community and user base, setting it apart from competitors who rely solely on proprietary solutions.
  • The company's dual model of open-source and premium offerings allows it to cater to both individual developers and large enterprises, providing flexibility and scalability.
  • Grafana Labs' focus on comprehensive observability through its LGTM stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir) offers a more integrated solution compared to fragmented tools from other vendors.

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Benefits

30 days of paid vacation each year on top of national holidays, parental leave, & sick leave

Health coverage

4% contribution match on our 401(k)

$1,500 learning and development stipend

Udemy subscription

Complimentary subscription to Headspace

Discounts on a wide variety of services, including entertainment, food, and fitness.

Remote Work Option

Global Employee Assistance Program