Senior Observability Engineer: OTel Migration (Remote)

NETZET; Tandil; Remote; ARS 185,448,000 - 278,173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

USD payment

Remote work

Argentine holidays

Global team

Professional development

Job summary

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

This contractor role requires strong cloud observability experience, proficiency in at least one modern language, and hands-on OTEL expertise. You will collaborate with global teams, validate telemetry data, and help update dashboards

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering experience with at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Hands-on OpenTelemetry concepts, including distributed tracing, metrics, logs, and OTEL Collector configurations.
• Experience with cloud observability and migrating off legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Ability to read/modify complex YAML/JSON manifests and work with HTTP APIs.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation and telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configs, environment variables, and deployment manifests.
• Run unit tests and validation suites for telemetry outputs.
• Conduct telemetry gap analysis against OTEL outputs.
• Update dashboards and troubleshooting guides for OTEL architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection errors and collaborate with platform engineers.
• Track progress, edge cases, and migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

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

This contractor role requires strong cloud observability experience, proficiency in at least one modern language, and hands-on OTEL expertise. You will collaborate with global teams, validate telemetry data, and help update dashboards