Senior Observability Migration Engineer - Remote Contractor

Opsbrasil Serviços Cloud Ltda; Neuquén; Remote; ARS 127,737,000 - 255,474,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Payment in USD

100% remote work

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry across our global platform. This contractor role requires deep expertise in instrumentation, YAML/JSON manifests, and end-to-end telemetry validation.

You will collaborate with US/LATAM teams, update dashboards, and ensure continuous monitoring coverage during the migration window, while maintaining high code quality and adherence to CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Must have proven experience with at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or TS/JS).
• Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry concepts (distributed tracing, metrics, logs).
• Deep experience with cloud observability and migrating from legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Strong testing, debugging, and validation of high-cardinality telemetry data.
• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation and telemetry configurations from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configurations, environment variables, and deployment manifests.
• Run unit tests and validation to ensure telemetry is produced and exported correctly.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis against OTEL outputs and identify missing data.
• Update dashboards, docs, and runbooks to reflect OTEL architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection/export errors and liaise with platform engineers.
• Track progress, edge cases, and migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

TypeScript/JavaScript

OpenTelemetry

Tools

OTel Collector

YAML/JSON manifests

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry across our global platform. This contractor role requires deep expertise in instrumentation, YAML/JSON manifests, and end-to-end telemetry validation.

You will collaborate with US/LATAM teams, update dashboards, and ensure continuous monitoring coverage during the migration window, while maintaining high code quality and adherence to CI/CD practices.