Staff Software Engineer - Grafana Cloud Observability, Kubernetes Monitoring | Sweden | Remote at Grafana Labs

This is a high-level technical role for an expert engineer with over 8 years of experience, specifically within the observability and Kubernetes ecosystems. You should be a "multiplier"—someone who can navigate complex distributed systems, contribute to major open-source projects like Prometheus or OpenTelemetry, and mentor other engineers without needing to move into people management. Grafana Labs is a remote-first pioneer, offering a flexible work culture across Sweden, Spain, Germany, or the UK. The role is highly impactful, as you’ll be shaping the backend of the Kubernetes Monitoring solution. Benefits include restricted stock units (RSUs), 30 days of annual leave (including company-wide shutdown days), and a company-funded budget for modern AI coding tools to boost your productivity. **You might be a good fit if you:** * Have deep experience operating and monitoring high-scale production systems on Kubernetes. * Are proficient in Go, Rust, Java, or Python and write clean, performant code. * Want to actively contribute to the open-source community and represent the company in working groups. * Enjoy solving "cardinality" challenges and optimizing time-series data performance.