Engineering Manager – Observability

Grafana Labs

. Manage and develop backend and frontend engineers .

Posted 9/21/2026full-timeRemote • Sweden, Germany, Spain, Ireland, United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 SEK 878,000 - SEK 1,098,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing engineering teams and fostering collaboration across functions to enhance customer observability solutions. Proficient in navigating complex technical environments while maintaining a strong focus on user needs and continuous improvement.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Observability ExpertiseOpenTelemetry ExperienceDistributed Systems PrinciplesAI-Assisted ToolingStakeholder Alignment

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Hard Skills

Backend DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentProject ManagementTechnical Decision-MakingScalability PrinciplesFault ToleranceConsistencyUser Needs AnalysisContinuous ImprovementComplexity Management

Soft Skills

Career Development SupportCollaborationPsychological SafetyInnovationCustomer Focus

Tools & Technologies

KubernetesHelm ChartInstrumentation HubAI-Powered Tools

Industry Keywords

Fleet ManagementObservability CollectionRemote CollaborationEngineering Trends

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage and develop backend and frontend engineers
Provide regular feedback and support career growth through career conversations
Collaborate with go-to-market teams to support customers and prospects through their Observability collection journey
Partner with product and engineering leadership on Fleet Management, the Kubernetes Helm Chart, and the Instrumentation Hub
Guide projects from ideation through planning, execution, and post-launch
Ensure consistent delivery of high-quality results
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 that manages fleets of collectors is a strong advantage
Comfortable working with autonomous engineering teams in technical and product decision-making
Up-to-date understanding of technical trends and the challenges engineering teams face
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 and ability to ground decisions in user needs and real-world impact
Solid understanding of distributed systems principles, including scalability, fault tolerance, consistency, and observability
Comfortable using AI-assisted tooling; practical experience incorporating AI-powered tools into a team's workflow is ideally expected

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 work
Career growth pathways
In-person onboarding
30 days of annual leave per annum
3 annual leave days reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days