Engineering Manager – Observability

Grafana Labs

. Manage and develop backend and frontend engineers through feedback and career conversations .

Posted 9/21/2026full-timeRemote • Germany, Sweden, Spain, Ireland, United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 €109,000 - €137,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing engineering teams and fostering collaboration across functions to enhance customer experiences. Proficient in Observability principles and integrating AI-assisted tools to drive innovation and continuous improvement.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Observability ExperienceOpenTelemetry KnowledgeDistributed Systems PrinciplesAI-Powered Tool IntegrationStakeholder Alignment

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Hard Skills

Backend DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentProject ManagementScalability PrinciplesFault ToleranceConsistencyObservabilityComplexity ManagementTechnical Trends UnderstandingCareer Development

Soft Skills

CollaborationPsychological SafetyInnovationCustomer FocusContinuous Improvement

Tools & Technologies

Grafana CloudKubernetes Helm ChartAI-Assisted ToolingInstrumentation Hub

Industry Keywords

Remote WorkEngineering ChallengesAutonomous TeamsCross-Cultural CollaborationCustomer Problem Solving

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsGrafanaKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage and develop backend and frontend engineers through feedback and career conversations
Collaborate with go-to-market teams to support customers and prospects through their Observability collection journey
Partner with product and engineering leadership to integrate Fleet Management, the Kubernetes Helm Chart, and the Instrumentation Hub into Grafana Cloud’s end-to-end user experience
Guide projects from ideation through planning, execution, and post-launch
Foster psychological safety, innovation, learning, and continuous improvement
Contribute across team boundaries and partner with other functions to solve customer problems

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong advantage: experience in Observability, especially OpenTelemetry, or building a central control plane managing fleets of collectors
Comfortable working with highly autonomous engineering teams
Current understanding of technical trends and engineering 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’s workflow is ideal
Ability to work remotely from Germany, Sweden, Spain, Ireland, or the UK

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 and global culture
Career growth pathways
In-person onboarding
30 days of annual leave per annum, including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days
Transparent communication and regular company-wide updates
Autonomy and support to innovate
Empowered teams and high-trust, low-ego culture