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Staff Software Engineer - Databases, Tempo | United Kingdom | Remote

Grafana Labs · United Kingdom (Remote)

Posted about 3 months ago

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This role has been open
82 days
Grafana Labs's roles stay open a median of 82 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
24% of Grafana Labs's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Grafana Labs
high
131 stale, 2 reposted of 131 open
Hiring momentum
206 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-24

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Grafana Labs's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Grafana Labs.

About this role

As a Staff Software Engineer focused on Tempo at Grafana Labs, you will lead technical initiatives to enhance the Tempo platform, which is integral to Grafana Cloud's observability products. Your responsibilities will include designing APIs, improving performance, achieving operational excellence, and mentoring other engineers. You will also engage with the open-source community and contribute to the evolution of Tempo as it transitions into a more robust platform for observability.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Grafana Labs as an employer.

What you need

  • Technical leadership experience in complex, multi-quarter initiatives
  • Substantial hands-on experience with distributed data systems
  • Strong software craftsmanship with a focus on clean, maintainable code
  • Experience with Go or similar systems languages (Rust, C, C++)
  • Operational mindset with experience in production services and SLOs
  • Customer-focused approach to problem-solving

Nice to have

  • Experience with tracing, OpenTelemetry, or large-scale observability systems
  • Experience designing query languages or APIs for programmatic consumption
  • Experience with columnar storage formats or analytical workloads
  • Experience operating multi-tenant, multi-cell SaaS infrastructure on Kubernetes
  • Experience building for AI/LLM consumers

What you get

  • Base compensation range of GBP 103,958 - GBP 124,750
  • Equity
  • Bonus (if applicable)
  • 30 days of annual leave
  • In-person onboarding
  • Remote-first global culture

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of required years of experience
  • The role involves significant leadership responsibilities
  • Expectations for operational excellence and performance improvements may require a steep learning curve
  • The position is fully remote, which may not suit everyone

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Listed by Grafana Labs on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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