engineering
Posted 2 days agoStaff Software Engineer – Identity and Access, Identity Squads | Ireland | Remote
at Grafana Labs
Republic Of Ireland ( ), IrelandRemote
Responsibilities
- Define and own the technical architecture for the Identity squad’s authentication systems, including our edge authentication redesign.
- Lead the design and implementation of large-scale, multi-quarter initiatives in the critical path of user interaction, spanning multiple services and teams.
- Mentor and develop senior engineers, providing technical guidance, design feedback, and support for their professional growth.
- Drive cross-team technical alignment on authentication standards, patterns, and best practices across Grafana’s engineering organization.
Requirements
- With Grafana Cloud's actually useful AI, organizations can see, understand, and act on all their disparate data to move at the speed of their ambitions.
- Today, more than 35 million users and 7,000+ customers – including Anthropic, Bloomberg, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Salesforce – trust Grafana Labs to ensure reliability of their applications and systems, resolve incidents quickly, and optimize their telemetry to reduce noise and cost.
- experience for all users, and to ensure administrators have complete peace of mind, knowing that every user has secure access to precisely the data and functionality they need.
- We actively implement cutting-edge authentication protocols such as MCP OAuth (OAuth 2.1), OIDC, SAML, LDAP, and SCIM, rather than relying on off-the-shelf components.
- Approximately 55% of your time will be dedicated to backend development (Golang), 25% to technical leadership and cross-team collaboration, and 20% to operations and reliability.
- Serve as a technical authority for identity protocols at Grafana, driving alignment on how we implement and evolve OAuth, OIDC, SAML, LDAP, and SCIM across the organization.
- Deep, proven expertise in distributed systems engineering with Go, with a track record of owning and delivering large-scale production systems end-to-end.
- Demonstrated ability to define technical direction and drive architectural decisions independently, with impact that extends beyond your immediate team. Extensive
- Ability to mentor and develop senior engineers, elevating the technical quality and capabilities of those around you.
- Strong understanding of SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and how to design systems that balance reliability, security, and product velocity.
- Expert-level understanding of modern identity standards and threat models (OAuth 2.x / 2.1, OIDC, SAML), and how to implement them securely at scale. Bonus Points For:
- Familiarity with Kubernetes.
- TypeScript/React experience. •
- Experience working with OpenFGA and KiFederate IDP. •
- Experience working in security critical environments. •
- Experience contributing to or maintaining Open Source projects.
- Familiarity with observability tooling (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry).
- Grafana Labs may utilize AI tools in its recruitment process to assist in matching information provided in CVs to job postings.
Benefits
- Compensation & Rewards:
- In Ireland, the Base compensation range for this role is €117,000 - €147,000. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process.
- Benefits include equity, bonus (if applicable) and other benefits listed here .
- *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.
Contact
- Learn more at grafana.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X .
Additional details
- Grafana Labs, the company behind the open observability cloud, is founded on the principles of open source, open standards, open ecosystems, and open culture.
- Grafana Cloud, our fully managed observability platform, is flexible and built for scale.
- We are a 100% remote company with 1,600+ team members across 40+ countries, and we’re backed by leading investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, GIC, Coatue, J.P.
- 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 role is available for candidates located in the UK, Germany, Spain, Ireland and Sweden. The Opportunity:
- Every day, millions of users rely on Grafana to monitor the health and performance of their critical systems, from software applications to factories and even space shuttles.
- Our mission is two-fold: to provide a seamless and effortless sign-in
- The Identity and Access team at Grafana manages all aspects of authentication and authorization, working across both our open-source and proprietary codebases.