Senior OpenTelemetry Engineer - Observability Migration

JP Morgan Chase; Ciudad de Mendoza; Remote; ARS 92,724,000 - 185,448,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contractor payment in USD

100% remote work

Argentine public holidays

Professional development

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the Observability Migration, moving telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry in a global remote team.

You will instrument applications, adjust manifests, run tests, and validate end-to-end telemetry across high-scale systems while coordinating with US/LATAM teams. This contractor role offers USD payments and international collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering experience with at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or JS/TS).
• Hands-on with OpenTelemetry concepts, including traces, metrics, logs, and OTel Collector configs.
• Solid cloud observability experience and migrating from legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Understanding of HTTP APIs, environment configs, and YAML/JSON manifests.
• Strong testing, debugging of logs, and validation of telemetry data.
• Familiarity with Git, PRs, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configs, environment variables, and deployment manifests.
• Run unit tests and validation suites to verify telemetry outputs.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis between New Relic and OTel data.
• Assist in updating dashboards and runbooks to reflect OTel.
• Troubleshoot telemetry collection errors with platform engineers.
• Track progress, edge cases, and migration risks.

Skills

Java / Python / Go / JS/TS

OpenTelemetry (OTel) concepts

Cloud observability & New Relic mig.

HTTP APIs YAML/JSON manifests

Testing & telemetry validation

Git, PRs, CI/CD workflows

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the Observability Migration, moving telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry in a global remote team.

You will instrument applications, adjust manifests, run tests, and validate end-to-end telemetry across high-scale systems while coordinating with US/LATAM teams. This contractor role offers USD payments and international collaboration.