🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🤝 Flat Hierarchy📡 Async-First
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🌐 Remote-Friendly🔓 Open Source⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Pros & Cons
Grafana Labs
✓100% remote-first across 40+ countries with generous PTO (~30 days) and mandatory shutdown days
✓Engineers rate it 4.9/5 — absurdly talented colleagues with strong open-source culture
✗Career progression above staff level can be challenging with limited upward mobility
✗Product management is sometimes marginalized with engineers holding disproportionate power
Supabase
✓Truly open-source DNA — build products millions of developers use daily
✓No-hierarchy remote culture with extreme autonomy and generous allowances
✗Intense workload — more work than a single person can reasonably manage
✗Work-life balance rated 3.0/5 — fast shipping pace can be relentless
Bottom Line
Grafana Labs
Choose Grafana Labs if you want deep open-source impact, fully remote flexibility, and excellent WLB — but expect limited career progression above staff level.