Senior Observability Engineer (OTel) - Remote

BairesDev; La Pampa; Remote; ARS 154,540,000 - 247,265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Payment in USD

100% remote work

Argentine public holidays

Involvement in core observability tech

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetryCollector-based architecture. You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech platform in a fully remote setup.

The role requires strong testing, debugging, and Git/CI/CD proficiency, with experience in distributed tracing and Kubernetes familiarity as a plus.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering experience with at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or JS/TS).
• Hands-on OpenTelemetry concepts including tracing, metrics, logs, and Collector configs.
• Deep experience with cloud observability and migrating off legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Solid understanding of HTTP, APIs, YAML/JSON manifests, and configurations.
• Strong background in testing, debugging, and validating telemetry data.
• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update deployment manifests and environment configurations.
• Run unit tests and validation to ensure telemetry accuracy.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing Old vs OpenTelemetry outputs.
• Assist in updating dashboards, docs, and runbooks for the new architecture.
• Investigate and resolve telemetry collection/export errors.
• Track progress and manage migration risks.

Skills

OpenTelemetry (OTel)

Distributed tracing

Cloud observability

YAML/JSON manifests

Git & CI/CD

Unit testing

Tools

OpenTelemetry Collector

Kubernetes

New Relic (to migrate from)

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetryCollector-based architecture. You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech platform in a fully remote setup.

The role requires strong testing, debugging, and Git/CI/CD proficiency, with experience in distributed tracing and Kubernetes familiarity as a plus.