Senior Observability Engineer - OpenTelemetry Migration (Remote)

Bluelightconsulting; Neuquén; Remote; ARS 139,086,000 - 262,719,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote

USD payments

International teams

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will instrument applications, update manifests, and ensure end-to-end telemetry coverage in a high-scale fintech environment.

The role is contract-based, fully remote, with coordination across US, LATAM, and global teams. Strong English (C1) and cloud observability experience are required.

Qualifications

• Proven 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.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configuration files, environment variables, and deployment manifests.
• Execute unit tests and validation suites for telemetry outputs.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis against OTel outputs.
• Assist in updating dashboards, monitoring documentation, and runbooks.
• Investigate telemetry collection issues with core platform engineers.
• Maintain tracking of implementation progress and migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JS/TS

OpenTelemetry

Observability

CI/CD

Git

YAML/JSON

Cloud observability

Tools

Kubernetes

YAML

JSON

OTel Collector

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will instrument applications, update manifests, and ensure end-to-end telemetry coverage in a high-scale fintech environment.

The role is contract-based, fully remote, with coordination across US, LATAM, and global teams. Strong English (C1) and cloud observability experience are required.