Engineering Manager

Grafana Labs

Engineering Manager managing Databases Metrics teams for Grafana Labs' observability platform. Fostering productivity, collaboration, and technical excellence in a remote setting.

Posted 5/11/2026full-timeRemote • 🇸🇪 SwedenMid-LevelSenior💰 SEK 898,000 - SEK 1,098,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsGoKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to help us grow and develop our Databases Metrics teams.
Our managers take an active role in creating a productive environment for our engineers; be it through removing blockers and impediments, facilitating cross-team collaboration and understanding, or by aiding the team in helping themselves by constantly improving and refining their working practices.
You’ll be responsible for managing a team of engineers working on our Metrics products and helping them to perform at their best.

Requirements

What you’ll need

The core focus of the role is people management, but you should have enough technical skills to manage a highly technical team and product.
Manage, hire, and develop a team of engineers, providing regular feedback and supporting each person’s growth through career conversations.
You will act as project manager as well as working with product owners to ensure the product roadmap is defined and up-to-date
You have a strong technical background and are capable of engaging in technical conversations and challenging teams to arrive at strong technical decisions themselves
You will be comfortable working with engineering teams who have a strong sense of autonomy in their decision making, be it technical or product focussed
Interacting with customers will occasionally occur, most of our customers are large companies using Mimir to monitor their operations
While you’re great with people and adept at managing relationships, you still keep up-to-date with the latest technical trends and shifts in order to maintain and enhance your understanding of the challenges your teams face.
Ideally you will have a Computer Science degree or equivalent experience from having worked as an engineer before moving into Management.
We develop in Go, we are Cloud Native and deploy on Kubernetes across all Cloud Service Providers using Helm and Jsonnet. Conceptual familiarity with Kubernetes and Helm is valuable, knowledge around distributed systems is appreciated.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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. *We will comply with local legislation where applicable.

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Hard Skills & Tools

people managementproject managementtechnical decision makingGoKubernetesCloud NativeHelmJsonnetdistributed systemstechnical background

Soft Skills

team developmentfeedback provisionrelationship managementcross-team collaborationproblem solvingcommunicationcustomer interactionautonomy supportcareer conversation facilitationenvironment creation

Certifications

Computer Science degree