Remote Senior Software Engineer - Observability Migration

Felix; La Pampa; Remote; ARS 185,448,000 - 278,173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work in international setting

USD payments

Access to Argentine public holidays

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. The role is remote (global) and contractor-based, requiring coordination with US and LATAM teams. You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

USD payments and remote collaboration are offered. Ideal candidates have strong experience in OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, metrics, and logs, plus proficiency in

Qualifications

• Proven software engineer with proficiency in at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Hands-on OpenTelemetry concepts and Collector configurations.
• Experience migrating observability from legacy platforms to OTel-based solutions.
• Strong understanding of HTTP, APIs, environment-based configurations, and reading/modifying complex YAML/JSON manifests.
• Solid testing and debugging skills with telemetry data validation.
• Familiarity with modern software delivery workflows (Git, PRs, CI/CD).

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configuration files, environment variables, and deployment manifests.
• Execute unit tests and validation suites to verify telemetry generation, transformation, and export.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing NR data to OTel outputs.
• Assist in updating dashboards, monitoring docs, and runbooks for the OTel architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection/export errors and identify root causes with platform engineers.
• Maintain progress tracking and communicate migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry (OTel)

Cloud observability

YAML/JSON manifests

Testing & debugging

Git & CI/CD

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. The role is remote (global) and contractor-based, requiring coordination with US and LATAM teams. You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

USD payments and remote collaboration are offered. Ideal candidates have strong experience in OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, metrics, and logs, plus proficiency in