Senior Observability Migration Engineer - Remote Contractor

Ubq; La Pampa; Remote; ARS 139,086,000 - 247,265,000; Full time

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 deployment manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem in a fully remote, international setting.

Responsibilities include migrating instrumentation, updating configs, running validations, and enhancing dashboards and runbooks while maintaining operational visibility throughout the migration window.

Qualifications

• Must have experience with modern languages (Java, Python, Go, or JS/TS).
• Hands-on OpenTelemetry concepts including distributed tracing, metrics, logs.
• Deep experience with cloud observability and migrating off legacy platforms.
• Strong understanding of HTTP, APIs, and YAML/JSON manifests.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML files, env vars, and deployment manifests per architecture standards.
• Run unit tests and validation suites for telemetry outputs.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing New Relic vs OpenTelemetry outputs.
• Update dashboards, docs, and runbooks reflecting the new architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection issues and collaborate with platform engineers.
• Maintain progress tracking and risk reporting during migration.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry

OTel Collector

Kubernetes

YAML/JSON

Git/CI/CD

Tools

OTel Collector

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 deployment manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem in a fully remote, international setting.

Responsibilities include migrating instrumentation, updating configs, running validations, and enhancing dashboards and runbooks while maintaining operational visibility throughout the migration window.