Grafana Labs
Open-source
EngineeringManager-Mimir
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“Engineering Manager - Mimir at Grafana Labs. Skills: People management, Engineering leadership, Distributed systems, Cloud-native technologies, Observability platforms. Manage, hire, and develop a team of engineers. Provide regular feedback to engineers”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver meaningful, high-quality results; Ensure the most-scalable, efficient and easy-to-use metrics database; Provide databases as a service within Grafana Cloud; Develop Grafana Cloud Metrics, Mimir OSS, and Grafana Enterprise Metrics; Optimize the efficiency and resilience of processing, storing, and querying metrics at large volumes; Keep the offering competitive and running smoothly
Industry & Context.
Navigating ambiguity; Driving work forward in complex problem spaces; Solving complex problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Technical background, Experience managing a team of engineers, Experience in people management, Experience in coaching senior engineers, Experience in guiding and supporting other engineers, Experience leading initiatives or small teams, Experience collaborating effectively to drive projects to successful outcomes, Experience managing complexity, Experience aligning stakeholders, Experience elevating team performance, Experience grounding decisions and technical choices in user needs and real-world impact, Comfort with AI-assisted tooling, Experience using AI-powered tools, Experience folding AI tools into a team's workflow
Nice to Have
Computer Science degree or equivalent experience, Conceptual familiarity with Kubernetes, Conceptual familiarity with Helm, Knowledge around distributed systems, Experience working on complex projects, Experience supporting operations, Bias toward action and ownership, Ability to navigate ambiguity, Ability to drive work forward in complex problem spaces, Comfort collaborating across time zones and cultures in a fully remote environment, Experience building trust, connection, and psychological safety, Deeply customer-focused
What You'll Do.
and develop a team of engineers
Provide regular feedback to engineers
Support each person's growth through career conversations
Act as project manager
Work with product owners to ensure the product roadmap is defined and up-to-date
Engage in technical conversations with teams
Challenge teams to arrive at technical decisions
Work with engineering teams who have a sense of autonomy
Interact with customers
Keep up-to-date with the latest technical trends and shifts
Enhance understanding of team challenges
Grow and develop Databases Metrics teams
Create a productive environment for engineers
Remove blockers and impediments
Facilitate cross-team collaboration and understanding
Aid the team in helping themselves by constantly improving and refining their working practices
Manage a team of engineers working on Metrics products
Help the team perform at their best
Optimize the efficiency and resilience of processing
and querying metrics at large volumes
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Facilitating cross-team collaboration and understanding; Working with engineering teams who have a sense of autonomy; Collaborating across time zones and cultures; Collaborating effectively to drive projects to successful outcomes
Communication Scope
Clear, empathetic communication
Process & Methodology
Act as project manager, Ensure the product roadmap is defined and up-to-date, Manage complexity, Align stakeholders, Drive projects to successful outcomes
Full Job Description
Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse. 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. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. 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). 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. Engineering Manager - Mimir This is a remote position. We are considering candidates in Germany, Sweden, Spain, Ireland and the UK only. The Opportunity: Grafana Cloud is our composable observability platform that integrates metrics, logs, traces, and profiles with Grafana. It allows our customers to leverage the best open source observability software – including Prometheus, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, and Pyroscope – without the overhead of installing, maintaining and scaling their own observability stack. The Databases department owns and operates the telemetry databases that are Mimir for metrics, Loki for logs, Tempo for traces, and Pyroscope for profiles. We offer our databases as a service within Grafana Cloud. The Metrics group, part of the Databases department, has the mission of ensuring that we provide the most-scalable,
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