Grafana Labs

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Job Description: • Build and evolve fullstack features for Real User Monitoring (RUM), spanning frontend experiences, backend services, APIs, and storage systems • Design and implement systems that ingest, store, and query high-cardinality, high-volume telemetry using columnar and analytical databases • Develop performant query layers and APIs for real-time exploration of user sessions, traces, and events • Contribute to frontend applications that visualize RUM data and help users debug performance issues and understand user behavior • Work on data modeling, indexing strategies, and query optimization for low-latency, cost-efficient analytics at scale • Collaborate with browser and mobile SDK engineers on data ingestion and schema evolution • Own projects end-to-end, from design and implementation through deployment, monitoring, and iteration • Break down complex problems into incremental deliverables and iterate based on feedback • Ensure quality through testing, system observability, documentation, and smooth upgrade paths • Collaborate with backend, frontend, product, and solutions engineering teams • Support teammates, participate in technical design discussions, and help shape the RUM roadmap Requirements: • 5+ years of fullstack engineering experience with strong frontend fundamentals • Frontend experience with TypeScript and React • Backend experience; Go is preferred • Experience building or operating distributed systems in production, such as Kafka, WarpStream, Apache Pinot, ClickHouse, Cassandra, or Postgres • Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, or Azure • Experience working with high-throughput, high-cardinality data, including logs, metrics, traces, and events • Strong understanding of data modeling, query optimization, and performance tradeoffs • Experience designing and building APIs and distributed services • Experience building data-heavy UIs, dashboards, query tools, or debugging interfaces • Familiarity with observability concepts and/or OpenTelemetry • Strong communication skills and ability to work in a remote, distributed team • Pragmatic, self-driven, and comfortable navigating ambiguity • Customer-focused mindset with a passion for developer experience • Bonus: experience with browser or mobile instrumentation, mobile development, OpenTelemetry contributions, developer-facing platforms, observability products, session replay, sampling strategies, or user behavior analytics systems Benefits: • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) • Company-funded usage budget for modern AI coding assistants • Access to frontier models • 100% remote work and global culture • Career growth pathways • In-person onboarding • 30 days of annual leave per annum, including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days • Transparent communication and regular company-wide updates • Autonomy and support to ship great work • High-trust, low-ego culture • Approachable leadership • Supportive colleagues and passionate people