contribute to OpenTelemetry components and related open source projects across the ecosystem
help define and execute Grafana Labs’ technical strategy for OpenTelemetry
collaborate with upstream maintainers, contributors, and users in open source communities
serve as an OpenTelemetry expert within Grafana Labs and externally, promoting best practices around instrumentation, semantic conventions, and telemetry collection
build clean, robust, performant software that can be maintained and extended by others
partner with Product, Support, GTM, and other engineering teams to connect customer needs with technical direction
mentor engineers across levels through design reviews, code reviews, technical guidance, and open collaboration
write documentation, examples, blog posts, or other technical materials that help users and internal teams understand OpenTelemetry

strong experience with at least one systems or backend programming language
experience with Golang, Rust or Java is strongly preferred
experience with C, C++, or similar languages can also translate well
experience with, or a strong desire to contribute to, open source communities
experience working with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, or similar technologies from a developer’s perspective
write software that is reliable, maintainable, and understandable to other engineers
comfortable taking ownership of ambiguous technical problems and driving them from discovery through delivery
experience with cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or systems engineering
communicate clearly in writing and in conversation, especially in remote and async environments

Senior Software Engineer – OpenTelemetry

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