Grafana Labs is hiring a
Principal Software Engineer

Summary

The job description is for a Principal Software Engineer position at Grafana Labs focusing on the OpenTelemetry Instrumentation team. The role involves contributing to the OpenTelemetry specification, leading the technical direction of the team, and driving business conversations on the OpenTelemetry strategy. The role requires excellent communication skills, relevant open source experience (ideally in OpenTelemetry or Prometheus), and a passion for observability.

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills
• Relevant open source experience, ideally in OpenTelemetry or Prometheus
• Passion for observability and like to share your knowledge by writing documentation and blog posts
• Active mentor of other team members, identifying areas for focus and improvement

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in open-source communities
• Contribute to the OpenTelemetry specification, and to OpenTelemetry components across a wide range of programming languages (.NET, Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, C++, Rust, and more)
• 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, promote best practices around OpenTelemetry, semantic conventions, and various technologies and frameworks. Both within Grafana Labs and in the broader OpenTelemetry community

Preferred Qualifications

Good understanding of typical production environments. Ideally you have been responsible for operating production services and organizing on-call

Benefits

• Equity
• Bonus (if applicable)