Engineering Manager - Observability
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Grafana LabsObservability Software
We are considering candidates in Germany, Sweden, Spain, Ireland and the UK only., EMEA and NASAFull-TimeManager
SalaryGBP 103,000 - GBP 129,000
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Job Details
- Required Skills
- KubernetesHelmDistributed Systems
Requirements
- Experience in Observability (especially OpenTelemetry) or building a central control plane that manages fleets of collectors.
- Comfortable working with autonomous engineering teams, balancing technical and product-focused decision-making.
- Ability to maintain and enhance understanding of technical trends and challenges facing the teams.
- Experience collaborating across time zones and cultures in a fully remote environment.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complexity, align stakeholders, and elevate team performance.
- Deep customer-focused mindset, grounding decisions in user needs and real-world impact.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems principles, including scalability, fault tolerance, and consistency.
- Comfort and experience with AI-assisted tooling and incorporating it into team workflows.
Responsibilities
- Manage and develop the team of backend and frontend engineers, providing regular feedback and supporting each person’s growth.
- Collaborate closely with go-to-market to ensure customers and prospects are successful with their Observability collection journey.
- Work closely with product and engineering leadership to ensure Fleet Management, the Kubernetes Helm Chart, and the Instrumentation Hub fit seamlessly into the user experience.
- Provide guidance throughout the project lifecycle from early ideation through planning, execution and post‑launch.
- Foster a psychologically safe, innovation-driven environment where engineers can learn, experiment and iterate quickly.
- Work across team boundaries by contributing to projects outside your team’s scope and partnering with other functions to solve customer problems.
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