Remote Senior Observability Engineer — OpenTelemetry Migration

Valatam; Tandil; Remote; ARS 169,994,000 - 231,811,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

USD payment

Remote work globally

Public holidays access

Professional development

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration, re-instrumenting applications and updating infrastructure to OpenTelemetry. You will validate telemetry outputs and ensure seamless monitoring across a high-scale fintech ecosystem, coordinating with global teams during the transition.

Remote work is available globally, with advanced English requirements and a contractor arrangement.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineer with strong proficiency in at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry concepts including tracing, metrics, logs, and OTel Collector configurations.
• Deep experience with cloud observability and migrating from legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Solid understanding of HTTP APIs, environment-based configurations, and reading/modifying complex YAML/JSON manifests.
• Strong background in testing, debugging logs, and validating high-cardinality telemetry data.
• Familiarity with modern software delivery workflows (Git, PRs, CI/CD pipelines).

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation and telemetry configurations from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configs, environment variables, and deployment manifests per architecture standards.
• Run unit tests and validation suites to ensure telemetry is correctly generated and exported to backends.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing New Relic data with OTel outputs.
• Assist in updating dashboards and troubleshooting guides to reflect OTel architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection/export errors and collaborate with platform engineers on edge cases.
• Maintain tracking and reporting of migration progress and risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry (OTel) concepts

Telemetry/Observability

Git & CI/CD

Tools

OpenTelemetry Collector

Kubernetes

YAML/JSON manifests

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration, re-instrumenting applications and updating infrastructure to OpenTelemetry. You will validate telemetry outputs and ensure seamless monitoring across a high-scale fintech ecosystem, coordinating with global teams during the transition.

Remote work is available globally, with advanced English requirements and a contractor arrangement.