Senior Engineering Manager - Platform Metal | Spain | Remote at Grafana Labs

This role is ideal for a seasoned engineering leader with a deep background in **bare metal infrastructure** and **Kubernetes**. You should have experience managing on-prem environments and high-performance distributed systems. Since this is a new "Metal" squad within the Internal Engineering Platform group, they are looking for someone who can bridge the gap between physical hardware/colocation facilities and cloud-native orchestration. Grafana Labs offers a mature remote-first culture with high transparency and a strong open-source lineage. The compensation package is competitive for the Spanish market, complemented by **Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)** and a generous leave policy of 30 days. Notably, the company fully embraces **AI-assisted development**, providing a dedicated budget for tools like Claude and GPT-4 to enhance your team's workflow. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have successfully led engineering teams in on-prem or bare metal production environments. * possess expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes control planes and storage solutions like Ceph. * Enjoy navigating technical ambiguity to build foundational infrastructure from the ground up. * Value a culture of psychological safety, autonomy, and high-trust remote collaboration.