Staff Software Engineer - OpenTelemetry Python Instrumentation

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Grafana LabsObservability software

This is a remote opportunity and we would be interested in applications from Germany, UK, Ireland and Spain.Full-TimeStaff

SalaryIn Ireland, the compensation range for this role is EUR 121,000 - EUR 151,000. All of our roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

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Have 8+ years of experience in software development.
Bring strong proficiency in Python.
Have experience debugging production software, language internals, libraries, and asynchronous code.
Show interest in AI applications and agent systems, and curiosity about instrumenting and troubleshooting them.
Have experience working in open-source communities and be eager to participate in the OpenTelemetry community.
Be familiar with observability tooling such as Grafana, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry.
Have experience with cloud-based software or systems engineering and be able to assess operational risks in production environments.
Experience building AI systems is helpful but not required.
Bonus experience includes Python instrumentation techniques, profiling, runtime diagnostics, or asynchronous context propagation.
Bonus experience includes technical leadership, setting technical direction, and leading project teams.
Rust experience is a plus.

Develop and maintain the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries with maintainers and other vendors.
Build Python instrumentation connecting AI agent runs, model calls, and tool execution, including across asynchronous code.
Contribute to OpenTelemetry conventions for generative AI, considering sensitive data and metric cardinality.
Evaluate Python SDK performance using profiling and benchmarks, balancing runtime overhead, compatibility, and maintainability.
Teach and promote best practices for OpenTelemetry, semantic conventions, and related technologies and frameworks.
Support the team's technical direction and contribute to OpenTelemetry strategy discussions at Grafana Labs.
Own projects from problem definition through design, implementation, testing, documentation, and release.
Work with GTM, Product, and Support teams; join customer conversations, investigate instrumentation issues, and turn findings into fixes and practical guidance.

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