Software Engineer
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Requirements
• Kubernetes cluster provisioning and lifecycle management. • Management of cluster networking components: load balancing, NAT, DNS, CNIs, network policies, private connectivity for customers, cross-cluster communication. • Management of scheduling and autoscaling. • Maintaining Crossplane compositions and Terraform modules for CSP resources common to our users. As well the management of versioning and compatibility for Crossplane and Terraform core as well as providers. • Work with our users (Grafana Cloud application teams) to help understand their needs and ensure we’re investing in the right capabilities. • Participation in the Platform department Infrastructure wing on-call rotation. • You’ve worked in or on open source, or other community-based projects previously. At Grafana Labs, “OSS is in our DNA”. • Experience with a few CSPs. We run Grafana Cloud on AWS, GCP, and Azure using each’s managed Kubernetes service - EKS, GKE, AKS. • Experience operating and managing workloads on Kubernetes. We use Tanka for configuration management with Jsonnet. • Familiarity with Kubernetes scheduling and projects like Karpenter. • Terraform and/or Crossplane experience. We have mixed usage - each has its strengths. • Enjoys programming in Go. We love building our own tools, utilities, exporters, etc. that suit our needs and otherwise don’t exist (and open sourcing them). • Likes to think about operational maturity. Find anything particularly interesting about the CNCF Platform Engineering Maturity Model? • Maybe there’s something missing in this job description that you think you might bring to our table? Feel free to let us know! • A few of our upcoming projects: • Improving K8s efficiency. Considerations include processor architecture, CSP capacity, machine selection, multi-AZ utilization. • K8s cluster lifecycle automation. Grafana Cloud regions are mapped to CSP regions - we already utilize many and plan to utilize many more. We’re always maturing our approach to operating at an increasingly greater scale. • Terraform ease of use. Mentioned above is Terraform and Crossplane. Our Crossplane delivery strategy is strong! As is our Terraform delivery, but we have a bit of work to do to get it where we want it to be for ourselves and our internal users.
Responsibilities
• We are hiring for the Platform InfraCore squad. This squad provides and owns automation of the provisioning of CSP resources, including networking, Kubernetes clusters and specific CSP resources required by our application teams. • We’re part of a Platform Engineering group that manages infrastructure for the teams that are building some of the most cherished Platform tools - Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, Pyroscope to name a few. • What Makes You a Great Fit: • You enjoy working with engineers, as well as with the management structures that are there to support you and enable you and your team to do your very best. • You are comfortable working in a remote-first company; communication is key. For us, working together means being collaborative, friendly, kind, and respectful. We operate by consensus, you can contribute to a discussion but then commit to the team decision. • comfortable working in a remote-first company • As such, being such a highly distributed company, means we would love someone who is keen on working with distributed systems, too. • distributed systems • You are eager to learn and grow. There is a lot of room for growth and development, and the team has quite a lot of knowledge to share for those who are wanting to learn. • learn and grow • You approach development holistically. The team owns the full life cycle of our code; from writing design docs, to looking at developer feedback, and integration testing. We appreciate engineers who enjoy looking at the big picture, and also notice the details of the brush strokes. The Platform team mainly works with Go, Python, and Shell. • holistically • You have experience with operating your code. Since a lot of operators and developers use our software, having some grounding in both of these spaces really helps us with building better platforms for our users. • operating your code
Benefits
• 100% Remote, Global Culture - As a remote-only company, we bring together talent from around the world, united by a culture of collaboration and shared purpose. • 100% Remote, Global Culture - • Scaling Organization – Tackle meaningful work in a high-growth, ever-evolving environment. • Scaling Organization • Transparent Communication – Expect open decision-making and regular company-wide updates. • Transparent Communication • Innovation-Driven – Autonomy and support to ship great work and try new things. • Innovation-Driven • Open Source Roots – Built on community-driven values that shape how we work. • Open Source Roots • Empowered Teams – High trust, low ego culture that values outcomes over optics. • Career Growth Pathways – Defined opportunities to grow and develop your career. • Career Growth Pathways • Approachable Leadership – Transparent execs who are involved, visible, and human. • Approachable Leadership • Passionate People – Join a team of smart, supportive folks who care deeply about what they do. • Passionate People • In-Person onboarding - We want you to thrive from day 1 with your fellow new ‘Grafanistas’ to learn all about what we do and how we do it. • In-Person onboarding • Balance is Key - We operate a global annual leave policy of 30 days per annum. 3 days of your annual leave entitlement are reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days to allow the team to really disconnect. *We will comply with local legislation where applicable. • Balance is Key