Описание

Develop improvements to the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries, with a strong focus on AI applications and agent workflows.
Develop and maintain the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries, working with maintainers and other vendors on specifications, APIs, and implementation decisions.
Build instrumentation that connects agent runs, model calls, and tool execution, including across asynchronous code.
Contribute to evolving OpenTelemetry conventions for generative AI, with care for sensitive data and metric cardinality.
Use profiling and benchmarks to evaluate implementation approaches with the upstream community.
Make sound tradeoffs around runtime overhead, compatibility, and maintainability.
Teach others, promote best practices around OpenTelemetry, semantic conventions, and various technologies and frameworks.
Support the technical direction and vision of the team, and contribute to business conversations on the OpenTelemetry strategy at Grafana Labs.
Own projects from an ambiguous problem through design, implementation, testing, documentation, and release.
Lend your knowledge and skills to our GTM, Product and Support teams.
Join customer conversations, investigate instrumentation issues, and turn what you learn into fixes and practical guidance.
Communicate using video calls, and demonstrate high agency and good communication skills.

8+ years of experience in software development, with strong proficiency in Python and experience debugging production software, language internals, libraries, and asynchronous code.
An interest in AI applications and agent systems, and curiosity about how to instrument and troubleshoot them.
Experience working in open-source communities.
Familiarity with observability tooling such as Grafana, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry, alongside experience with cloud-based software or systems engineering.
Understand production environments and can assess operational risks.

Experience working on open source observability projects, ideally in OpenTelemetry or Prometheus.
Experience in Python instrumentation techniques, profiling, runtime diagnostics, or asynchronous context propagation
Experience in a hands-on technical leadership role, setting technical direction and leading project teams
Experience instrumenting AI frameworks or agent workflows, or working with OpenTelemetry semantic conventions for generative AI
Experience contributing to or maintaining Open Source projects, with evidence of successful pull requests and community collaboration
Rust experience is a plus for exploring potential Python SDK performance improvements, including Rust-backed implementations.

Compensation range is EUR 121,000 - EUR 151,000 in Ireland.
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
100% Remote, Global Culture.
Scaling Organization.
Transparent Communication.
Innovation-Driven.
Open Source Roots.
Empowered Teams.
Career Growth Pathways.
Approachable Leadership.
Passionate People.
In-Person onboarding.
30 days of annual leave per annum, with 3 days reserved for Grafana Shutdown Days.

Grafana Labs may utilize AI tools in its recruitment process to assist in matching information provided in CVs to job postings.
The recruitment team will continue to review inbound CVs manually to identify alignment with current openings.

Staff Software Engineer - OpenTelemetry Python instrumentation