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Engineering Manager – Observability
Grafana Labs. Manage and develop backend and frontend engineers through regular feedback and career conversations .
Posted 9/21/2026full-timeRemote • United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Spain, IrelandMid-LevelSenior💰 £103,000 - £129,000 per yearWebsite
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in managing engineering teams and fostering collaboration across functions to enhance customer focus and drive innovation. Proficient in observability principles and integrating AI-assisted tools to improve team workflows and performance.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Observability ExpertiseOpenTelemetry ExperienceDistributed Systems PrinciplesAI-Assisted Tool IntegrationTeam Management
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Hard Skills
ObservabilityOpenTelemetryDistributed SystemsScalabilityFault ToleranceConsistencyAI Tool Integration
Soft Skills
CollaborationStakeholder AlignmentCustomer FocusPsychological SafetyContinuous Improvement
Tools & Technologies
Kubernetes Monitoring Helm ChartInstrumentation Hub
Industry Keywords
Fleet ManagementRemote CollaborationEngineering Management
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesDistributed SystemsKubernetes
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Manage and develop backend and frontend engineers through regular feedback and career conversations
- Collaborate with go-to-market teams to support customers and prospects using Observability collection
- Partner with product and engineering leadership on Fleet Management, the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm Chart, and the Instrumentation Hub
- Guide projects from ideation through planning, execution, and post-launch
- Foster psychological safety, learning, experimentation, innovation, and continuous improvement
- Contribute across team boundaries and partner with other functions to solve customer problems
Requirements
What you’ll need- Experience in observability, especially OpenTelemetry, or building a central control plane managing fleets of collectors is a strong advantage
- Comfortable working with autonomous engineering teams
- Up-to-date understanding of technical trends and team challenges
- Comfortable collaborating across time zones and cultures in a fully remote environment
- Demonstrated ability to manage complexity, align stakeholders, and elevate team performance
- Deep customer focus
- Solid understanding of distributed systems principles, including scalability, fault tolerance, consistency, and observability
- Comfortable using AI-assisted tooling; practical experience integrating AI-powered tools into a team workflow is ideal
- Candidates must be based in Germany, Sweden, Spain, Ireland, or the United Kingdom
Benefits
Comp & perks- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- Company-funded usage budget for AI coding assistants
- Access to frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google
- 100% remote, global culture
- Career growth pathways
- In-person onboarding
- 30 days annual leave per annum, including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days
- Transparent communication and regular company-wide updates
- Autonomy and support to innovate
- Empowered, high-trust teams
- Approachable leadership