engineering
Posted Apr 22Senior Fullstack Engineer - Observability Real User Monitoring (RUM) | US | Remote
at Grafana Labs
United StatesRemote
Responsibilities
- Build and evolve fullstack features for RUM, spanning backend services, APIs, storage systems, and frontend user experiences.
- Design and implement systems that ingest, store, and query high-cardinality, high-volume telemetry data using columnar/analytical databases.
- Develop performant query layers and APIs that power real-time exploration of user sessions, traces, and events.
- Collaborate closely with SDK engineers (browser and mobile) to ensure high-quality data ingestion and schema evolution.
- Own projects end-to-end: from design and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
- Ensure quality through testing, observability of your own systems, documentation, and smooth upgrade paths.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with backend, frontend, product, and solutions engineering to deliver cohesive observability workflows.
- Support teammates, participate in technical design discussions and help shape the RUM roadmap.
Requirements
- There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps.
- Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies -- including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay -- manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self-managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack , both featuring scalable metrics ( Grafana Mimir ), logs ( Grafana Loki ), and traces ( Grafana Tempo ).
- This requires deep expertise in high-performance backend systems, columnar storage, and intuitive frontend experiences.
- experience across the entire stack—from instrumentation to query layer to visualization.
- You can use modern AI coding assistants as part of your daily workflow (your choice of tools, within security guidelines), backed by a company-funded usage budget so you can iterate quickly without unnecessary friction.
- We encourage pragmatic AI-assisted development: faster prototyping, test generation, refactors, documentation, and incident follow-ups—always paired with strong code review and quality standards.
- You’ll also have access to frontier models (e.g., GPT-Codex 5/3, Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3 Pro).
- experience with strong backend fundamentals Backend
- experience (Go is preferred) and frontend experience, we use TypeScript and React •
- Experience building or operating distributed systems in production (e.g., Kafka, WarpStream, ClickHouse, Cassandra, Postgres)
- Familiarity with cloud-native systems (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure) •
- Experience working with high-throughput, high-cardinality data (logs, metrics, traces, events)
- Strong understanding of data modeling, query optimization, and performance tradeoffs •
- Experience building data-heavy UIs (dashboards, query tools, debugging interfaces)
- Familiarity with observability concepts (traces, logs, metrics) and/or OpenTelemetry
- Strong communication skills and ability to work in a remote, distributed team
- Experience with browser or mobile instrumentation (RUM SDKs, telemetry collection). Mobile development
- experience (iOS or Android) or familiarity with mobile performance and telemetry.
- Familiarity with session replay, sampling strategies, or user behavior analytics systems.
- Grafana Labs may utilize AI tools in its recruitment process to assist in matching information provided in CVs to job postings.
Experience
- 5+ years of fullstack engineering
Benefits
- Customer-focused mindset with a passion for developer experience Bonus / nice-to-have •
- In the United States, the compensation range for this role is $154,445 - $185,334 USD. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed throughout the interview process.
- *Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market’s defined pay range &
- Balance is Key - We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to really disconnect. *We will comply with local legislation where applicable.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: We will recruit, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different and unique.
Additional details
- Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse.
- The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France.
- We’re scaling fast and staying true to what makes us different: an open-source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work.
- Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do.
- You may not meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If this role excites you, we’d love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity.
- This is a full-time remote opportunity. We are considering candidates from US and Canada only. The opportunity
- Grafana Observability builds end-to-end observability that spans application, infrastructure, database, browser, and mobile.
- Our Real User Monitoring (RUM) initiative focuses on capturing, storing, and querying high-volume user interaction data from browsers and mobile devices, enabling teams to understand real-world user experiences at scale.
- We’re building systems that ingest and process massive amounts of telemetry—sessions, events, traces, and logs—and make them explorable in real time.
- Our solutions are tightly integrated with OpenTelemetry and Grafana Cloud. We care deeply about performance, cost-efficiency, and developer