Remote Senior Software Engineer — OTel Migration

Svitla Systems, Inc.; Municipio de Rincón de los Sauces; Remote; ARS 106,447,000 - 191,605,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote work

Payment in USD

Access to Argentine public holidays

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will re-instrument applications and adjust manifests while ensuring comprehensive monitoring coverage across a high-scale fintech infrastructure.

The role is fully remote (global) with coordination across US, LATAM, and global teams. Advanced English (C1) required; contractor arrangement with USD payments is offered.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering experience with at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or JS/TS).
• Hands-on OpenTelemetry concepts including distributed tracing, metrics, logs, and OTel Collector configurations.
• Deep experience with cloud observability and migrating from legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Strong background in reading/modifying complex YAML/JSON manifests and APIs.
• Experience with Git, PRs, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation, tracing, and telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML config files, environment variables, and deployment manifests to fit architecture.
• Run unit tests and validation to ensure telemetry is generated and exported correctly.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis by comparing New Relic data with OTel outputs.
• Help update dashboards, docs, and runbooks to reflect the OTel architecture.
• Investigate export errors and collaborate with platform engineers on edge cases.
• Maintain progress tracking and report migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry

Cloud observability

YAML/JSON manifests

Git & CI/CD

Testing & debug

Tools

OTel Collector

Kubernetes

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will re-instrument applications and adjust manifests while ensuring comprehensive monitoring coverage across a high-scale fintech infrastructure.

The role is fully remote (global) with coordination across US, LATAM, and global teams. Advanced English (C1) required; contractor arrangement with USD payments is offered.