Engineering Manager
Grafana Labs
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇨🇦 Canada
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💰 CA$186,300 - CA$223,642 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
CloudGrafanaJavaScriptReact
About the role
- Lead a product-focused squad building out Observability Solutions on top of Grafana Cloud and play a key role in shaping the future of our observability products.
- Manage and develop a distributed engineering team responsible for delivering reliable, high-quality software.
- Drive execution, enable collaboration, and support engineers in achieving both product and personal growth goals.
- Conduct regular 1:1s and career development sessions to guide engineers’ professional growth.
- Foster an inclusive, high-performing team culture built on trust and continuous feedback.
- Partner with Product and Design to refine roadmaps, align technical priorities, and deliver great user experiences.
- Translate product goals into actionable engineering plans and iterative deliverables.
- Continuously improve how teams collaborate, plan, and execute across disciplines.
- Support hiring efforts and team capacity planning in collaboration with People Ops.
Requirements
- Brings a strong software engineering background and experience building web applications with JavaScript and React, with the ability to engage in technical discussions and guide teams toward making sound technical decisions.
- Shows a strong, genuine passion for developing people, providing coaching, mentoring, and guidance that help individuals grow and reach their potential.
- Has a proven record of leading frontend or cross-functional teams, with a clear perspective on building efficient, high-performing teams and successfully putting those ideas into practice.
- Has the ability to “wear multiple hats” – contributing to defining goals, shaping product direction, and gathering feedback from customers.
- Partners effectively with Product Management, Design, and cross-functional teams to deliver outstanding user experiences.
- Excels in collaborating with globally distributed engineering teams that operate with a high degree of autonomy and shared ownership.
- Communicates with clarity and empathy, navigating a global remote-first, multicultural environment with professionalism and ease.
- Adapts readily to change, managing multiple contexts and contributing thoughtfully across several parallel workstreams.
Benefits
- 100% Remote, Global Culture - As a remote-only company, we bring together talent from around the world, united by a culture of collaboration and shared purpose.
- Scaling Organization – Tackle meaningful work in a high-growth, ever-evolving environment.
- Transparent Communication – Expect 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 execs who are involved, visible, and human.
- Passionate People – Join a team of smart, supportive folks who care deeply about what they do.
- In-Person onboarding - We want you to thrive from day 1 with your fellow new ‘Grafanistas’ to learn all about what we do and how we do it.
- Balance is Key - We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to really disconnect.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
JavaScriptReactweb applicationssoftware engineeringobservability solutionsGrafana Cloudtechnical decision makingfrontend developmentproduct directionuser experience
Soft skills
coachingmentoringteam leadershipcollaborationcommunicationempathyadaptabilitytrust buildingfeedbackprofessional growth