Staff OpenTelemetry Python Engineer - Remote UK

Sponsor Finder; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 107,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Remote-first culture

30 days annual leave

Job summary

Grafana Labs is hiring for a Staff Software Engineer focused on OpenTelemetry Python instrumentation with a strong emphasis on Generative AI. This remote-first role targets candidates in the UK and globally, offering a competitive GBP 107,000 - 134,000 salary and RSU incentives.

You will develop enhancements to the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries, collaborate with open-source communities, and help drive AI-related telemetry across Grafana Cloud offerings.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python and debugging production software.
• Experience with OpenTelemetry instrumentation or SDKs.
• Experience contributing to or maintaining Open Source projects.
• Familiarity with observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry).
• Comfort working in a remote, global team environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop improvements to the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries.
• Build instrumentation for AI agents and generative AI workflows.
• Collaborate with open-source communities on specifications and APIs.
• Improve Python SDK performance using profiling and benchmarks.
• Promote best practices around OpenTelemetry and semantic conventions.
• Partner with GTM, Product and Support teams to translate learnings into fixes and guidance.
• Provide clear technical direction and mentor team members.

Skills

Python

OpenTelemetry

Async code

Debugging production software

Software development

Tools

OpenTelemetry SDK

Grafana/Prometheus

Open Source communities

Job description

Grafana Labs is hiring for a Staff Software Engineer focused on OpenTelemetry Python instrumentation with a strong emphasis on Generative AI. This remote-first role targets candidates in the UK and globally, offering a competitive GBP 107,000 - 134,000 salary and RSU incentives.

You will develop enhancements to the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries, collaborate with open-source communities, and help drive AI-related telemetry across Grafana Cloud offerings.