Product Designer – Database Observability EST | Remote at Grafana Labs

Company Overview

Grafana Labs is a remote‑first, open‑source powerhouse that powers the Grafana dashboard platform used by more than 20M users worldwide. With more than 3,000 enterprise customers—including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay—Grafana provides full‑stack observability tooling through its self‑managed Enterprise Stack and fully managed Grafana Cloud.

Product Designer – Database Observability (remote, United States and Canada, EST time zone).

• Design and iterate on the Database Observability (DBO
  11y) product, enabling developers and database administrators to surface, troubleshoot, and optimize latency problems and slow queries.
• Collect and analyze customer/user feedback, conduct user interviews, observe behavior with product analytics tools, and identify opportunities for improvement throughout the product lifecycle (Private Preview → GA).
• Collaborate with product management, technical writing, engineering, and other designers to evolve features, refine troubleshooting workflows, and tightly integrate DBO
  11y into the broader Grafana Cloud suite.
• Develop new patterns and components while maintaining visual and stylistic consistency across the Grafana ecosystem.
• Facilitate design critiques and contribute to the evolution of team processes, learning, and culture.

• Experience designing for highly technical users such as developers and database administrators.
• Portfolio of successful designs for complex products delivered in a fast‑paced environment.
• Ability to translate business priorities, research insights, and technical constraints into practical, scalable design solutions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in a distributed, remote setting.
• Self‑directed, growth‑mindset, and keen on transparency and continuous improvement.
• Bonus: Experience with product analytics instrumentation, user interview planning, and data‑driven decision making.
• Bonus: Rapid understanding of technical domains and user workflows, and the ability to create effective patterns while preserving consistency.

Base salary for U.S. applicants: $123,933 – $154,915 (varies by level, experience, and skill set). All roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). Global PTO: 30 days per year, with 3 days reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days.

Grafana Labs is an equal‑opportunity employer. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote individuals regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic. We strive for an inclusive organization that values diversity and equality.

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