Staff AI Engineer (2nd Horizon)

Join Grafana Labs as a Staff AI Engineer and be part of our skunkworks initiative. In this role, you will design, develop, test, and ship AI-powered features that manage large datasets and assist users with information retrieval. You will take ownership of developing high-performance AI features, implement a highly iterative process, collaborate with the team, utilize AI tools effectively, communicate effectively, and ensure the solutions you develop are innovative, scalable, and aligned with real user workflows. Enjoy benefits such as 30 days of paid vacation, healthcare coverage, retirement planning, professional development opportunities, and a fully remote work environment.

• Design, develop, test, and ship AI-powered features that can manage large datasets and assist users with information retrieval.
• Take ownership of developing high-performance AI features to help users discover, organize, and optimize access to large datasets.
• Implement a highly iterative process where you quickly prototype, test, and validate with real users, including shipping and evolving LLM- or agent-powered workflows.
• 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
• We’re looking for an AI Software Engineer with a strong software engineering background, a quick iteration mindset, and a passion for experimentation – balanced by a focus on shipping and scaling impactful features that deliver value to users
• Quick iteration and experimentation: You’re comfortable releasing prototypes, collecting feedback, and iterating with a pragmatic mindset
• AI experience with a practical mindset: You’re familiar with AI technologies and frameworks, and you focus on delivering high-quality solutions that work in the real world, not just in theory
• Exposure to working in cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience with LLMs, context engineering, and building applications powered by GenAI
• Proven initiative: You take ownership and drive projects forward, pushing boundaries to find the most impactful solutions. You can deal with ambiguity and are able to define scope where things are loosely defined
• Strong engineering skills: Solid experience building production-grade, user-facing software systems. You’re a self-starter, capable of tackling complex engineering problems and making UI design decisions with minimal supervision
• Proven track record of delivering software that made it into production and is actively used by users
• Collaborative attitude: You communicate effectively with your peers. You’re open to feedback, and you bring a solutions-oriented mindset to the table
• Experience using observability tools to understand and troubleshoot system behavior
• Experience building or working with agent frameworks or multi‑agent workflows
• Experience as a data analyst or work with data platforms (e.g., Looker, Tableau, PowerBI, Snowflake, DataBricks)
• Experience building tools for data engineering