OpenTelemetry Python Staff Engineer — Instrumentation Remote

Grafana

United Kingdom

Remote

GBP 107,000 - 134,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Annual leave 30 days

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Job summary

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to advance OpenTelemetry Python instrumentation, with a focus on Generative AI. This remote-friendly role spans the UK and beyond, requiring deep Python expertise, open‑source collaboration, and a track record of delivering robust instrumentation for observability tools.

You will contribute to OpenTelemetry SDKs, build Python instrumentation for AI agents, and mentor teammates while shaping upstream projects.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience in software development, with strong proficiency in Python and experience debugging production software, language internals, libraries, and asynchronous code.
Experience working in open-source communities and contributing to observability tooling.

Responsibilities

Develop improvements to the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries, focusing on AI applications and agent workflows.
Build Python instrumentation for AI agents, including cross‑async code and generative AI conventions.
Improve Python SDK performance using profiling and benchmarks and balance runtime overhead with maintainability.
Promote OpenTelemetry best practices and contribute to the community and Grafana Labs products.
Own projects end-to-end from design to release, and collaborate with GTM, Product, and Support teams.