Senior Engineering Manager - Platform Metal (Remote)

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager - Platform Metal to join our dynamic team at Grafana Labs. As a remote-first company, you will have the opportunity to lead a talented team in a collaborative environment, driving innovation and excellence in our platform development. This Senior Engineering Manager - Platform Metal remote position is crucial as we scale our operations to handle millions of metrics, logs, and traces per second.

What You'll Do

• Hire, manage, and develop a team of engineers, providing regular feedback and supporting each person’s growth through career conversations.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering leadership to define goals that move the squad forward and align with broader business objectives.
• Provide guidance throughout the project lifecycle from early ideation through planning, execution, and post-launch, guiding the team to deliver high-quality results consistently.
• Foster a psychologically safe environment where engineers can learn, experiment, and iterate quickly, encouraging innovation and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Work across team boundaries by contributing to projects outside your team’s scope and partnering with other functions to solve customer problems.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience building and managing on-prem/bare metal environments.
• A motivated self-starter with a strong bias toward action and ownership, able to navigate ambiguity and drive work forward in complex problem spaces.
• Comfortable collaborating across time zones and cultures in a fully remote environment, using clear, empathetic communication to build trust, connection, and psychological safety.
• Experienced in guiding and supporting other engineers, leading initiatives or small teams, and collaborating effectively to drive projects to successful outcomes.
• Deeply customer-focused, consistently grounding decisions and technical choices in user needs and real-world impact.

Nice to Have

• Running Kubernetes and/or Ceph in production environments.
• Experience dealing with colo facilities and associated vendors.
• You’ve worked in or on open source, or other community-based projects previously.

What We Offer

• 100% Remote, Global Culture – Collaborate with talent from around the world.
• Transparent Communication – Expect open decision-making and regular company-wide updates.
• Career Growth Pathways – Defined opportunities to grow and develop your career.
• Balance is Key – Enjoy a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum.
• Innovative Environment – Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things.