Staff OpenTelemetry Python Engineer - AI Instrumentation

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 135,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Global culture

30 days annual leave

Job summary

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Engineer to advance the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation, with a focus on AI applications and agent workflows. This hands-on role requires deep Python expertise and collaboration in upstream, open-source communities.

You will work with the OpenTelemetry SDKs and toolchain, ensuring compatibility and performance, while contributing to Grafana Labs products and offerings. Remote-first and global, the team values autonomy and strong communication.”

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Strong Python proficiency and debugging production software.
• Experience with OpenTelemetry, SDKs, and instrumentation libraries.
• Familiarity with observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry).
• Willingness to contribute to Open Source communities.

Responsibilities

• Develop improvements to the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries.
• Build Python instrumentation for AI agents and async code.
• Profile and benchmark Python SDK performance for upstream improvements.
• Share OpenTelemetry best practices and contribute to community standards.
• Lead projects from design to release with cross-team collaboration.
• Engage with GTM, Product, and Support to address instrumentation issues.

Skills

Python

OpenTelemetry

AI apps

async code

OpenTelemetry SDKs

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Engineer to advance the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation, with a focus on AI applications and agent workflows. This hands-on role requires deep Python expertise and collaboration in upstream, open-source communities.

You will work with the OpenTelemetry SDKs and toolchain, ensuring compatibility and performance, while contributing to Grafana Labs products and offerings. Remote-first and global, the team values autonomy and strong communication.”