Principal Software Engineer - OpenTelemetry Instrumentation (Remote, Sweden)

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Requirements:

• Ability to take ownership and drive both technical and business conversations on a director-level scope.
• Passion for observability and sharing knowledge through documentation and blog posts.
• Desire to engage with customers and assist them.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Relevant open source experience, preferably with OpenTelemetry or Prometheus.
• Willingness to actively participate in the OpenTelemetry community.
• Curiosity and enjoyment in learning new programming languages and frameworks.
• Good understanding of production environments, ideally with experience operating production services and organizing on-call.
• Actively mentor team members to identify areas for improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate in open-source communities.
• Contribute to the OpenTelemetry specification and components across various programming languages.
• Support and lead the technical direction of the team.
• Drive business conversations on the OpenTelemetry strategy at Grafana Labs.
• Be visible as an OpenTelemetry expert.
• Teach others and promote best practices around OpenTelemetry.