Senior Backend Engineer: OpenTelemetry Observability Migration

Bluelightconsulting; Neuquén; Remote; ARS 149,026,000 - 255,474,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

USD payments

100% remote

Public holidays (Argentina)

Professional development

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead a critical observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will re-instrument applications, update manifests, and ensure seamless telemetry coverage across a large, global system.

The role is remote (global) with contractor engagement and USD payments. You will coordinate across LATAM, US, and global teams, contributing to high-scale fintech infrastructure modernization and robust monitoring practices.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software engineering with 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 off legacy platforms.
• Strong ability to read/modify complex YAML/JSON manifests and APIs.
• Solid background in software testing and debugging telemetry data.
• Familiarity with modern software delivery workflows (Git, PRs, CI/CD).

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation and telemetry configurations from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configurations, environment variables, and deployment manifests.
• Run unit tests and validation suites to ensure telemetry is correctly generated and exported.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing data against OTel outputs.
• Update dashboards, monitoring docs, and runbooks for the new architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection/export errors and collaborate with engineers on edge cases.
• Maintain tracking of implementation progress, edge cases, and migration risks.

Skills

One modern language (Java/Python/Go/TS

OpenTelemetry (OTel)

Cloud observability

YAML/JSON manifests

Testing & debugging

Git & CI/CD

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead a critical observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will re-instrument applications, update manifests, and ensure seamless telemetry coverage across a large, global system.

The role is remote (global) with contractor engagement and USD payments. You will coordinate across LATAM, US, and global teams, contributing to high-scale fintech infrastructure modernization and robust monitoring practices.