Senior Backend Engineer OpenTelemetry Obs Migration (Remote)

Quik Hire Staffing; Tandil; Remote; ARS 127,737,000 - 212,895,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

USD payment

100% remote

Global exposure

Argentine holidays

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. This remote, global role demands hands-on instrumenting applications, updating manifests, and validating telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

You will work with a strong engineering team, ensuring zero loss of monitoring during migration while updating dashboards and runbooks. Advanced English and cloud telemetry experience are required.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering experience with at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or TypeScript).
• Hands-on OpenTelemetry experience: distributed tracing, metrics, logs, and OTel Collector configs.
• Deep experience with cloud observability concepts and migrating off legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Strong ability to read/modify complex YAML/JSON manifests and environment-based configs.
• Familiar with modern software delivery workflows (Git, PRs, CI/CD).

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation and telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configuration files, env vars, and deployment manifests.
• Run unit tests and validation suites to verify telemetry outputs.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing New Relic data with OTel outputs.
• Update dashboards, docs, and runbooks for the OTel architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection errors and collaborate with platform engineers on edge cases.
• Maintain progress tracking and document migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

TypeScript

OpenTelemetry

OTel Collector

Cloud Observability

YAML/JSON

Testing & Debugging

Git & CI/CD

Tools

Kubernetes

YAML

JSON

Git

CI/CD

New Relic

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. This remote, global role demands hands-on instrumenting applications, updating manifests, and validating telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

You will work with a strong engineering team, ensuring zero loss of monitoring during migration while updating dashboards and runbooks. Advanced English and cloud telemetry experience are required.