At k6, we build next-generation reliability testing tools for developers and DevOps engineers.
We are pushing the state-of-the-art in our industry, creating open-source tools focused on great developer experience. k6 is an open-source tool that we built to reinvent the engineering principles around testing. As part of this vision we recently launched the xk6-disruptor project. xk6-disruptor is a k6 extension that allows the injection of faults into a system to simulate turbulent conditions. You can find more information about k6 and k6 disruptor in the following links:
k6 project home
xk6-disruptor project home
xk6-disruptor documentation
Chaos testing a microservices application with xk6-disruptor
Running distributed k6 tests on Kubernetes
About the role
This is a remote position and we're considering candidates in the European time zones.
k6 is a tool used by engineers, and as such, we are looking for people enthusiastic about building high-quality tools they would want to use themselves.
You will be a part of the k6 team that focuses on chaos testing tools.We are looking for a person with a strong technical background that understands the challenges of developing distributed applications in Kubernetes and wants to contribute to k6’s mission of empowering engineers to build highly resilient systems.
Grafana Labs is an open source first company. We are looking for people passionate about collaborating with a diverse community in a technically challenging project. Your main responsibilities will be to:
Actively participate in the development of the project as a maintainer of the xk6-disruptor and related projects, contributing with new features, bug fixes, tests
Contribute to the documentation and educational content
Review contributions to the project and provide feedback to ensure quality
Collaborate with other teams in Grafana on the adoption of the k6 chaos testing tool
Required skills
Strong programming background
Solid knowledge of the Go programming language, standard library, paradigms, constructs, and idioms
Solid experience developing Kubernetes applications
Familiarity with technologies and design patterns used in modern distributed applications (e.g. grpc, event streaming, service meshes, circuit breakers, et cetera)
Good technical communication skills
Familiarity with modern software engineering processes and practices
Not required, but great if you also have
Familiarity with chaos engineering concepts and tools
Experience contributing to open source projects
Familiarity with the operator paradigm for managing Kubernetes resources
Experience with test automation
Familiarity with observability concepts and tools. Bonus for experience with Grafana’s LGTM stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir)
About Grafana Labs: There are more than 950,000 active installations of Grafana around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps companies including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay manage their observability strategies with full-stack offerings that can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud, or self-managed with Grafana Enterprise Stack. The Grafana stack has grown to include four other open source projects, Grafana Loki (for logs), Grafana Tempo (for traces), Grafana Mimir (for metrics), and Grafana OnCall (for on-call management).
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