Remote Staff Software Engineer, OpenTelemetry (Python) AI

Grafanalabs; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Software Engineer specializing in OpenTelemetry Python SDKs and instrumentation, with a focus on AI agents and generative AI integrations. You will contribute to upstream projects, drive performance improvements, and mentor others in the OpenTelemetry community.

You will work in a remote-first company with global reach, collaborating across teams to deliver scalable observability solutions and contribute to Grafana's AI-enabled offerings.

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 collaborating in open-source communities and contributing to OpenTelemetry or related projects.
• Strong understanding of observability, instrumentation design, and production readiness.

Responsibilities

• Develop improvements to the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries, with a focus on AI applications.
• Build Python instrumentation for AI agents and ensure compatibility with asynchronous code.
• Improve SDK performance using profiling and benchmarks, balancing overhead with maintainability.
• Be an OpenTelemetry expert, teaching best practices and contributing to the community.
• Align with Grafana Labs' technical direction, owning projects from design to release.
• Collaborate with GTM, Product and Support teams to translate learnings into concrete guidance.

Skills

Python

OpenTelemetry

Async programming

AI applications

Tools

OpenTelemetry SDK

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Software Engineer specializing in OpenTelemetry Python SDKs and instrumentation, with a focus on AI agents and generative AI integrations. You will contribute to upstream projects, drive performance improvements, and mentor others in the OpenTelemetry community.

You will work in a remote-first company with global reach, collaborating across teams to deliver scalable observability solutions and contribute to Grafana's AI-enabled offerings.