Staff OpenTelemetry Engineer - Python & AI Instrumentation

Grafanalabs; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to advance the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries, with emphasis on AI applications and agent workflows. This hands-on role requires deep Python expertise and a passion for observability.

You will contribute to open-source communities, collaborate across teams, and help shape OpenTelemetry strategy at Grafana Labs while delivering robust tooling for developers and customers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Strong Python expertise and debugging production software.
• Experience with asynchronous code and instrumentation.
• Active contribution to open-source communities and observability projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries.
• Build Python instrumentation for AI agents and model executions.
• Improve SDK performance via profiling and benchmarks.
• Share knowledge as an OpenTelemetry expert within Grafana Labs and the community.
• Support technical direction and drive projects from design to release.
• Collaborate with GTM, Product and Support teams to translate learnings into guidance.

Skills

Python

Debugging production software

Asynchronous code

Open-source collaboration

System design

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Instrumentation libraries

Job description

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to advance the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries, with emphasis on AI applications and agent workflows. This hands-on role requires deep Python expertise and a passion for observability.

You will contribute to open-source communities, collaborate across teams, and help shape OpenTelemetry strategy at Grafana Labs while delivering robust tooling for developers and customers.