Remote OpenTelemetry Engineer - Observability Migration

Opsarmy; Tandil; Remote; ARS 127,737,000 - 255,474,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contractor paid in USD

100% remote work in international set­

Argentine public holidays access

Involvement in modernizing core observ

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration, transitioning telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry outputs across a high-scale platform.

The role is remote (global) and contractor-based, coordinating with US/LATAM teams. Required skills include modern languages (Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript), OpenTelemetry expertise, and strong cloud observability experience.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering experience in at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Hands-on OpenTelemetry concepts: tracing, metrics, logs, and OTel Collector configurations.
• Deep knowledge of cloud observability and migration from legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Strong understanding of HTTP, APIs, and reading/modifying complex YAML/JSON manifests.
• Experience with software testing, debugging logs, and telemetry data validation.
• Familiarity with Git, PRs, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation and telemetry config from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update deployment manifests and environment variables to match new architecture.
• Run unit tests and validation to ensure accurate telemetry delivery to backends.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing New Relic and OTel outputs.
• Assist in updating dashboards and runbooks to reflect the new OTel architecture.
• Investigate and resolve telemetry collection errors with platform engineers.
• Maintain progress tracking and surface migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry

CI/CD

Git

OpenTelemetry Collector

Kubernetes

Tools

OpenTelemetry Collector

Kubernetes

YAML/JSON manifests

Git

New Relic

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration, transitioning telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry outputs across a high-scale platform.

The role is remote (global) and contractor-based, coordinating with US/LATAM teams. Required skills include modern languages (Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript), OpenTelemetry expertise, and strong cloud observability experience.