# Staff Software Engineer - OpenTelemetry Python instrumentation | Germany | Remote

**Company**: Grafana Labs
**Location**: Germany (Remote)
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: EUR 113,000 - EUR 141,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Grafana Labs is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to focus on OpenTelemetry Python instrumentation, particularly for Generative AI.

The successful candidate will work on developing improvements to the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries, with a strong focus on AI applications and agent workflows.

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate in open-source communities to develop and maintain the OpenTelemetry Python SDK and instrumentation libraries.

- Build Python instrumentation for AI agents, focusing on connecting agent runs, model calls, and tool execution.

- Improve Python SDK performance by evaluating implementation approaches and making sound tradeoffs around runtime overhead, compatibility, and maintainability.

- Act as an OpenTelemetry expert, teaching others and promoting best practices within Grafana Labs and the broader OpenTelemetry community.

- Support the technical direction and vision of the team, contributing to business conversations on the OpenTelemetry strategy at Grafana Labs.

- Partner with cross-functional teams, including GTM, Product, and Support, to lend knowledge and skills.

Requirements:

- 8+ years of experience in software development, with strong proficiency in Python and experience debugging production software.

- An interest in AI applications and agent systems, and curiosity about how to instrument and troubleshoot them.

- Experience working in open-source communities and familiarity with observability tooling such as Grafana, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry.

Nice to Have:

- 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.

Compensation & Rewards:

- In Germany, the compensation range for this role is EUR 113,000 - EUR 141,000.

- Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed throughout the interview process.

- All roles include Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), giving every team member ownership in Grafana Labs' success.

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## Skills

### Required
- Python
- OpenTelemetry
- observability
- software development
- AI applications

### Nice to have
- open-source observability projects
- Python instrumentation techniques
- profiling
- runtime diagnostics
- asynchronous context propagation
- technical leadership

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