Grafana Labs is hiring a Grafana Loki

About the Role

Grafana Labs is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Grafana Loki team. Loki is a multi-tenant log aggregation system designed for scalability and cost-effectiveness. You will join a team of engineers focused on building and maintaining this critical observability platform.

What You'll Do

  • Design, build, and ship core features for Grafana Loki
  • Optimize the system for high performance and scale
  • Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues
  • Collaborate with the open-source community on contributions
  • Write high-quality, maintainable code with appropriate tests

What We're Looking For

  • Proven experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems
  • Strong proficiency in Go
  • Deep understanding of systems architecture, data structures, and algorithms
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, remote-first environment

Nice to Have

  • Background in observability, log management, or metrics systems
  • Experience with Kubernetes and containerized applications
  • Contributions to major open-source projects
  • Familiarity with the Grafana ecosystem

Technical Stack

  • Languages: Go
  • Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
  • Databases: Cassandra, Bigtable, DynamoDB, S3
  • Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure

Team & Environment

You will join a distributed, remote-first team dedicated to the Loki project. We value open communication, direct feedback, and a strong focus on user and community needs.

Grafana Labs is an equal opportunity employer.

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Grafana Labs

Grafana Labs builds and leads the development of open source observability tools including Grafana, Loki, Tempo, and Mimir, offering them as managed services via Grafana Cloud.

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Posted 10 days ago