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Engineering Manager - Observability | UK | Remote

Grafana LabsUnited Kingdom (Remote)R&D: Observability
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Salary
£103K - £129K GBP
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Posted
21 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

The Engineering Manager for Observability position at Grafana Labs in the United Kingdom is a remote opportunity that suits an experienced technical leader passionate about distributed systems and developer tooling. This role involves guiding distributed engineering teams to deliver impactful solutions for a widely trusted cloud observability platform.

Role Overview

Grafana Labs is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Ingest team within the Observability department. This team focuses on building and maintaining configuration and deployment tooling, including Fleet Management, the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm Chart, and the Instrumentation Hub. The manager will guide a distributed group of frontend and backend engineers, helping them grow while delivering reliable, high-quality observability products used by organizations worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

Manage, develop, and support a team of backend and frontend engineers through regular feedback and career growth conversations.
Collaborate closely with go-to-market teams to ensure customers achieve success with their observability collection journey.
Partner with product and engineering leadership to integrate Fleet Management, the Kubernetes Helm Chart, and the Instrumentation Hub into the broader end-to-end user experience.
Guide projects from early ideation through planning, execution, and post-launch phases to ensure consistent, high-quality results.
Foster a psychologically safe, innovation-driven environment that encourages experimentation, continuous improvement, and quick iteration.
Collaborate across team boundaries, contributing to projects outside immediate team scope and partnering with other functions to solve customer problems.

Requirements

Experience in observability, particularly OpenTelemetry, or in building central control planes that manage fleets of collectors.
Comfortable working with engineering teams that possess a strong sense of autonomy in technical and product-focused decision-making.
Strong relationship management skills coupled with up-to-date knowledge of current technical trends and industry shifts.
Proven ability to collaborate effectively across time zones and cultures in a fully remote environment using clear, empathetic communication.
Demonstrated capacity to manage complexity, align stakeholders, and elevate team performance.
Deep customer focus, ensuring technical choices and decisions are grounded in real-world user needs.
Solid understanding of distributed systems principles such as scalability, fault tolerance, consistency, and observability.
Familiarity with AI-assisted tooling and a willingness to incorporate AI-powered developer assistants into team workflows.

Skills and Tools

Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Fleet Management systems
Helm Charts
AI coding assistants and modern developer productivity tools

Salary and Benefits

The base compensation range for this UK-based role is GBP 103,000 to GBP 129,000, with actual pay varying based on level, experience, and skillset. All roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) for ownership in company success. Additional perks include a 100% remote work environment, a global annual leave policy of 30 days per year (including 3 Grafana Shutdown Days), in-person onboarding, and access to modern AI tools with a company-funded usage budget.

About the Company

Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana Cloud, a fully managed observability platform trusted by over 10,000 organizations, including major entities like Anthropic, Bloomberg, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Salesforce. Built on open source standards, the company operates as a 100% remote organization with team members spread across more than 40 countries. Grafana Labs is backed by leading investors such as Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and J.P. Morgan, maintaining an innovation-driven environment grounded in transparency, autonomy, and trust.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit their application directly through the official Grafana Labs careers page.

Skills and tech stack

Kubernetes

Questions candidates ask

Is this job fully remote?

Yes, this is a 100% remote position considering candidates located in the United Kingdom, as well as Germany, Sweden, Spain, and Ireland.

What team will I be managing?

You will manage the Ingest team within the Observability department, which builds tools like Fleet Management, the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm Chart, and the Instrumentation Hub.

What is the salary range for the UK role?

The base compensation range for this position in the UK is GBP 103,000 to GBP 129,000, depending on level, experience, and skillset.

Do employees receive equity?

Yes, all roles at Grafana Labs include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) to give team members ownership in the company's success.

What kind of time-off benefits are provided?

Grafana Labs operates a global annual leave policy providing 30 days of paid time off per annum, which includes 3 reserved Grafana Shutdown Days.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Grafana Labs careers page.

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