Staff Software Engineer - Grafana Cloud K6 | Spain | Remote

Grafana Labs

Spain
Base: eur 94,025 - eur 112,830; bonus/equity: equi...
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Strong programming background in python or go
Experience designing large-scale distributed systems
Strong experience with sre practices and incident management
** Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Grafana Cloud k6 team, focused on building and operating performance testing products. The position is fully remote and requires a strong background in programming and experience with large-scale distributed systems, emphasizing operational excellence and reliability engineering. **

Job Summary

  • This role focuses on establishing a cross-team culture of engineering excellence by setting standards for reliability and operational ownership within the Grafana Cloud k6 squad.
  • The team builds and operates a performance testing product used globally to load test systems at scale using hundreds of thousands of virtual users across 15+ regions.
  • Grafana Labs offers a remote-first global culture with heavy investment in developer productivity, including company-funded budgets for modern AI coding assistants.

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** Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Grafana Cloud k6 team, focused on building and operating performance testing products. The position is fully remote and requires a strong background in programming and experience with large-scale distributed systems, emphasizing operational excellence and reliability engineering. **

Salary

Base: EUR 94,025 - EUR 112,830; Bonus/Equity: Equity included, bonus if applicable; Benefits: Other benefits listed on careers page

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Strong programming background in Python or Go
  • Experience designing large-scale distributed systems
  • Strong experience with SRE practices and incident management
  • Understanding of reliability concepts like SLIs/SLOs
  • Ability to influence engineering practices through communication

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with containerized and cloud-native systems
  • Familiarity with Grafana observability tooling stack
  • Interest in building testing frameworks or developer tooling
  • Experience with event-driven or asynchronous systems
  • Pragmatic AI-assisted development workflow usage

Key Requirements

  • Strong programming background in Python or Go
  • Experience with SRE practices and production system operations
  • Experience defining or applying SLIs/SLOs and error budgets
  • Participation in blameless incident response and post-incident reviews

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