Are you ready to lead a world class frontend team that builds the interfaces millions of engineers rely on every single day? At Grafana Labs, we are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to guide our Grafana Frontend group. This is a fully remote position based in Germany, giving you the freedom to do your best work from your home office while collaborating with a truly global team spanning more than 40 countries. We scale fast, embrace an open source legacy, and foster a culture built on trust, autonomy, and transparency.

Overview

As the Senior Engineering Manager for Grafana Frontend, you will lead, mentor, and grow a talented group of software engineers. You will bridge the gap between technical excellence and product vision, ensuring our user interfaces remain fast, intuitive, and robust. Working alongside product managers and designers, you will help shape the future of observability platforms used by industry leaders like Bloomberg, NVIDIA, and Salesforce.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and support a distributed team of high performing frontend engineers through regular feedback, mentorship, and career development planning.
Drive technical strategy and execution for the Grafana frontend architecture, balancing feature delivery with technical debt and code quality.
Partner closely with product management, design, and other engineering leaders to define roadmaps and deliver exceptional user experiences.
Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and psychologically safe engineering culture that champions diversity of thought and open communication.
Hiring and scaling the team by interviewing top talent globally and refining our recruitment processes.

Requirements

Proven experience leading and managing software engineering teams, specifically with a focus on modern web frontend technologies like TypeScript, React, and modern CSS.
A strong technical background with past hands-on experience building complex, scalable web applications.
Demonstrated ability to cultivate high performing teams, manage performance, and guide engineers through professional growth.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with fluency in English and a strong comfort level working asynchronously in a remote environment.
A passion for open source software and user-centric product development.

What You'll Gain

The flexibility of working 100% remotely with a distributed team that values asynchronous collaboration and work life balance.
Competitive compensation and equity packages backed by top tier investors including Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Ample opportunities for professional growth as you scale an impactful team at a fast growing company.
A culture that encourages innovation, transparency, and continuous learning.