Senior Engineering Manager, Grafana Frontend

Grafana Labs

. Lead the Frontend Platform and Navigation squads, owning performance, delivery and customer outcomes .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeRemote • United KingdomSenior💰 £117,949 - £141,539 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in managing frontend teams, driving performance and delivery while leveraging AI and automation for improved decision-making and operational efficiency. Possesses a solid technical foundation in modern web systems, with a focus on customer outcomes and product development.

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Team LeadershipFrontend Systems ManagementAI and Automation IntegrationProduct and Customer JudgementCross-Team Problem Solving

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Hard Skills

ReactTypeScriptFrontend DevelopmentAI-Assisted DiscoveryMultitenant SaaS DeliveryInformation ArchitectureResource ManagementOpen-Source DevelopmentDeveloper Platform ManagementPerformance Measurement

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationTeam BuildingCoaching and DevelopmentTrust and AccountabilityRemote Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

GrafanaAI CapabilitiesAutomation ToolsObservability ToolsIncident Investigation Tools

Industry Keywords

Frontend EcosystemsSaaSPlatform MigrationsNavigationSearch

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GrafanaReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the Frontend Platform and Navigation squads, owning performance, delivery and customer outcomes
Set expectations, delegate, coach and develop team members, provide feedback, address performance gaps, and build trust and accountability
Own hiring and team planning across both squads
Lead discovery with customers, community members and internal users to shape roadmaps and priorities
Partner with Product, Design and engineering leaders to set priorities, resolve dependencies and make trade-offs
Own delivery from discovery through rollout and measurement, setting milestones and managing risks
Use AI in management work to synthesize research, inform roadmap and resourcing decisions, and streamline coordination and reporting
Improve squad planning, decision-making and delivery through AI and automation
Set engineering direction for frontend foundations, developer experience, accessibility, architecture, tooling, reliability and multitenant capabilities
Set engineering direction for navigation, search and resource organization, including AI-assisted discovery
Uphold quality, security and operability standards, including validation of AI-assisted work
Lead improvements across Grafana and R&D to increase engineering productivity and business outcomes
Participate in the engineering management on-call rota and drive improvements that reduce recurring disruption
Use Grafana’s AI capabilities for observability and incident investigation, contributing to product feedback and roadmap decisions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant experience managing senior engineers, building healthy teams and developing technical leaders
Strong technical foundation in modern web or frontend systems
Track record of turning ambiguous, cross-team problems into clear priorities and measurable results
Strong product and customer judgement
Clear, concise written communication
Ability to work effectively in a remote, globally distributed organisation
Appreciation for open-source development
Practical experience using AI and automation in leadership work
Experience with React, TypeScript or comparable large-scale frontend ecosystems (bonus)
Experience leading a developer platform team, including support for plugins or extensions (bonus)
Experience with navigation, search, information architecture or resource-management products (bonus)
Experience delivering multitenant SaaS or major platform migrations (bonus)
Experience working on a widely adopted open-source product (bonus)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Company-funded AI coding assistant usage budget
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 ship great work
High-trust, low-ego culture
Approachable, transparent leadership