Staff AI Engineer - Grafana AI/ML | Canada | Remote

ABOUT THE ROLE We're seeking an experienced Staff AI Engineer to join our Grafana AI/ML team, where you'll play a key role in developing AI-driven features that help users understand and respond to complex observability data. As a Staff AI Engineer, you'll work closely with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and ship impactful AI-powered features that improve infrastructure and observability quality through automation. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Staff AI Engineer, your primary responsibilities will include: - Building and delivering high-performance AI solutions to help users detect, triage, and resolve incidents using observability data and tools. - Rapid experimentation and iteration, implementing a highly iterative process where you quickly prototype, test, and validate with real users. - Collaborating cross-functionally with data analysts, product managers, and designers to shape AI-driven product features. - Utilizing AI tools effectively to enhance both product functionality and your own development workflows. - Effective communication and contribution across teams, taking full ownership of the AI solutions you develop. - Ensuring AI solutions are not only innovative but also scalable, maintainable, and aligned with real user workflows. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you'll need: - Strong engineering skills, with solid experience building production software systems (backend and/or full stack). - AI experience with a practical mindset, focusing on delivering high-quality solutions that work in the real world. - Quick iteration and experimentation skills, with a comfort level releasing prototypes, collecting feedback, and iterating with a pragmatic mindset. - Proven initiative, taking ownership and driving projects forward, pushing boundaries and delivering results. WHY REMOTE As a 100% remote company, we offer the flexibility and autonomy to work from anywhere. Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do. We're looking for talented individuals who share our passion for open-source, open standards, and open culture. BENEFITS - Competitive salary and benefits package. - Opportunity to work with frontier models (e.g., GPT-Codex 5/3, Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3 Pro). - Access to a company-funded usage budget for AI coding assistants. - Flexible schedule and remote work arrangement. - Comprehensive health plan, parental leave, and education stipend. - Opportunity to work with a highly collaborative and dynamic team.