Senior Observability Engineer: OTel Migration (Remote)

Darwoft; Ciudad de Mendoza; Remote; ARS 127,737,000 - 212,895,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

USD payment

Remote work in international setting

Argentine public holidays

Modernizing core observability

Professional development & referrals

Job summary

Darwoft is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem while coordinating with US/LATAM/global teams.

The role is fully remote, contractor-based, with English at Advanced (C1). You will update dashboards and runbooks, and ensure continuous monitoring coverage during the migration window.

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 (OTel) concepts, including distributed tracing, metrics, logs, and OTel Collector configurations.
• Deep experience with cloud observability paradigms and transitioning off legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Solid understanding of HTTP, APIs, environment-based configurations, and reading/modifying complex YAML/JSON manifests.
• Strong background in software testing, debugging log analysis, and validating high-cardinality telemetry data.
• Familiarity with modern software delivery workflows (Git, PRs, CI/CD pipelines).

Responsibilities

• Migrate existing application instrumentation, tracing, and telemetry configurations from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configuration files, environment variables, and deployment manifests according to established architecture standards.
• Execute unit tests and validation suites to verify telemetry generation, transformation, and export.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis, comparing New Relic data against OpenTelemetry outputs to identify missing traces, metrics, logs, or resource attributes.
• Assist in updating dashboards, monitoring documentation, and troubleshooting guides to reflect the OpenTelemetry architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection and export errors, identifying root causes and collaborating with core platform engineers on edge cases.
• Maintain clear tracking and reporting of implementation progress, edge cases, and migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry (OTel)

Cloud observability

YAML/JSON manifests

Testing & debugging telemetry

Git / CI/CD

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Job description

Darwoft is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem while coordinating with US/LATAM/global teams.

The role is fully remote, contractor-based, with English at Advanced (C1). You will update dashboards and runbooks, and ensure continuous monitoring coverage during the migration window.