Senior Engineering Manager, Grafana Frontend

Grafana Labs

. Lead the Frontend Platform and Navigation squads .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeRemote • Ireland, Canada, Germany, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United StatesSenior💰 €133,600 - €160,320 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in managing frontend teams, driving performance, and delivering customer outcomes while leveraging AI and automation for improved decision-making and productivity. Possesses a solid technical foundation in modern web systems, particularly in React and TypeScript, with a focus on multitenant SaaS and open-source development.

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Team LeadershipFrontend Systems ManagementAI and Automation ImplementationReact and TypeScript ExpertiseMultitenant SaaS Delivery

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Hard Skills

Frontend SystemsReactTypeScriptAI ImplementationAutomationMultitenant SaaSInformation ArchitectureDeveloper Platform ManagementPerformance MeasurementOpen-Source Development

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationTeam DevelopmentProblem-SolvingTrust BuildingRemote Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

GrafanaAI CapabilitiesAutomation ToolsObservability Tools

Industry Keywords

SaaSFrontend DevelopmentNavigationSearchResource Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GrafanaReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the Frontend Platform and Navigation squads
Own squad 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
Partner with Product, Design and engineering leaders to set priorities, resolve dependencies and make trade-offs
Own delivery from discovery through rollout and measurement
Use AI in management work to synthesise 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 organisation
Uphold standards for quality, security and operability
Lead improvements across Grafana and R&D that 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, incident investigation and management

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, and leading teams to adopt them effectively
Experience with React, TypeScript or comparable large-scale frontend ecosystems
Experience leading a developer platform team, including support for plugins or extensions
Experience with navigation, search, information architecture or resource-management products
Experience delivering multitenant SaaS or major platform migrations
Experience working on a widely adopted open-source product

Benefits

Comp & perks

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Company-funded usage budget for modern AI coding assistants
Access to frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google
100% remote, global culture
Career growth pathways
In-person onboarding
30 days of annual leave per annum
3 annual leave days reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days