Staff Software Engineer – Identity and Access, Identity Squads

Grafana Labs is the company behind the open observability cloud, offering Grafana Cloud, a fully managed observability platform. With 35 million users and 7,000+ customers, we are a 100% remote company with 1,600+ team members across 40+ countries.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Identity squad, you will set the technical direction for our authentication systems, leading complex initiatives from conception to delivery. You will work on cutting-edge authentication protocols such as MCP OAuth (OAuth 2.1), OIDC, SAML, LDAP, and SCIM, and be part of redesigning Grafana's authentication at the edge.

• Define and own the technical architecture for the Identity squad's authentication systems.
• Lead design and implementation of large-scale, multi-quarter 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.

• Deep expertise in distributed systems engineering with Go.
• Proven ability to define technical direction and drive architectural decisions.
• Experience building low-latency, high-throughput services in multi-tenant environments.
• Track record of leading complex, multi-quarter initiatives.
• Strong understanding of SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets.
• Expert-level understanding of modern identity standards (OAuth 2.x/2.1, OIDC, SAML).

• Familiarity with Kubernetes.
• TypeScript/React experience.
• Experience with OpenFGA and KiFederate IDP.
• Experience in security critical environments.
• Open source contributions.
• Observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry).

Base compensation range for UK: £100,000 - £124,000. Benefits include equity, bonus (if applicable), and other benefits. We offer 30 days annual leave per annum, with 3 days reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days.