Staff Software Engineer

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Set technical direction for authentication systems
Lead complex initiatives from conception through delivery
Collaborate with engineering leadership, product management, and cross-functional partners
Define how Grafana authenticates millions of users
Define and own technical architecture for authentication systems
Lead design and implementation of large-scale initiatives
Mentor and develop senior engineers
Serve as technical authority for identity protocols
Drive cross-team technical alignment on authentication standards
Represent Grafana Labs at meetups and conferences
Contribute to the broader identity and authentication community

Deep, proven expertise in distributed systems engineering with Go
Track record of owning and delivering large-scale production systems end-to-end
Ability to define technical direction and drive architectural decisions independently
Extensive experience building and operating low-latency, high-throughput services
Proven track record of leading and delivering complex, multi-quarter initiatives
Ability to mentor and develop senior engineers
Strong understanding of SLOs, SLIs, error budgets
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Expert-level understanding of modern identity standards and threat models (OAuth 2.x / 2.1, OIDC, SAML)
Experience implementing identity standards securely at scale

Familiarity with Kubernetes
TypeScript/React experience
Experience working with OpenFGA and KiFederate IDP
Experience working in security critical environments
Experience contributing to or maintaining Open Source projects
Familiarity with observability tooling (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry)

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