Senior Engineering Manager - Reliability Testing | Spain | Remote

Senior Engineering Manager - Reliability Testing

Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse. There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self-managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack, both featuring scalable metrics, logs, and traces.

We're scaling fast and staying true to what makes us different : an open-source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work. Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do.

You may not meet every requirement, and that's okay. If this role excites you, we'd love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity.

The Opportunity

Lead two product-focused squads, Grafana Cloud k6 Frontend and k6 Studio, and play a key role in shaping the future of our reliability testing products.

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you'll be at the intersection of people, technology, and product direction. You'll help define how our teams deliver reliable, high-quality experiences that empower engineers worldwide to test and improve system performance with confidence. Working closely with Product and Design, you'll influence technical strategy, strengthen execution, and nurture an environment where talented engineers can grow and do their best work.

What Will You Be Doing

You'll manage and develop two distributed engineering teams responsible for delivering reliable, high-quality software. Your day-to-day focus will include driving execution, enabling collaboration, and supporting engineers in achieving both product and personal growth goals.

Some of your key responsibilities :

• Conduct regular 1 : 1s and career development sessions to guide engineers' professional growth
• Foster an inclusive, high-performing team culture built on trust and continuous feedback
• Partner with Product and Design to refine roadmaps, align technical priorities, and deliver great user experiences
• Translate product goals into actionable engineering plans and iterative deliverables
• Continuously improving how teams collaborate, plan, and execute across disciplines
• Support hiring efforts and team capacity planning in collaboration with People Ops

What Makes You a Good Fit

The ideal candidate combines technical depth with strong leadership and product sense. You are comfortable setting goals, shaping product strategy, and aligning engineering work with broader business and user needs. You take a holistic approach to success by supporting people, improving how teams operate, and helping deliver high-quality, impactful products.

You are someone who :

Bonus Points For

Additional experience in any of the following areas will be viewed favorably :

In Spain, the base compensation range for this role is EUR 103,000 - EUR 129,000. Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed throughout the interview process. All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success. We believe in shared outcomesRSUs help us stay aligned and invested as we scale globally.

Why You'll Thrive at Grafana Labs :

Equal Opportunity Employer : We will recruit, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different and unique. We believe that equality and diversity builds a strong organization and we're working hard to make sure that's the foundation of our organization as we grow.

Grafana Labs may utilize AI tools in its recruitment process to assist in matching information provided in CVs to job postings. The recruitment team will continue to review inbound CVs manually to identify alignment with current openings.