About the job
At Grafana Labs, we pride ourselves on being a leader in the open-source community with a remote-first culture. With over 20 million users globally relying on Grafana for diverse monitoring needs, from environmental changes in the Alps to beehive management, our visualizations are recognized in iconic settings, including NASA launches and major sporting events like Wimbledon and the Tour de France. We empower over 3,000 companies, such as Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay, to refine their observability strategies using the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be deployed through Grafana Cloud or managed independently with Grafana Enterprise Stack, both of which include robust solutions for metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki), and traces (Grafana Tempo).
As we continue to expand rapidly, we remain committed to our unique culture characterized by an open-source heritage, collaborative spirit, and dedication to impactful work. Our team thrives in an environment driven by innovation, transparency, autonomy, and trust.
We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. If this position excites you, this could be a pivotal moment in your career.
Position Overview: Senior Backend Engineer, Alerting
This is a fully remote opportunity; we welcome candidates from Sweden.
The Role:
The Grafana Alerting team is central to the Grafana open-source project (link), dedicated to delivering an unparalleled experience for users managing alerts. Our backend-focused engineers collaborate closely with customers and the Grafana Cloud teams to ensure that Alerting functions seamlessly both on-premises and at scale in the cloud.
Our domain covers a wide range of projects, including:
- Developing distributed systems for scalable alert ingestion and Prometheus-based alert delivery.
- Creating a unified alerting framework for consistent setup and delivery across Grafana and Prometheus alerts.
- Building scalable systems to evaluate Grafana-managed alerts, achieving over 500 evaluations per second in live environments.
Grafana Alerting is trusted by major organizations worldwide, monitoring critical infrastructure and essential medical devices. We are excited to welcome talented individuals who share our passion for innovation and excellence.
