Senior Software Engineer - Observability Migration

Santex Group; Neuquén; Remote; ARS 185,448,000 - 247,265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. The remote, global contractor role focuses on instrumenting applications, updating manifests, and ensuring end-to-end telemetry coverage across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

You will re-instrument applications, validate outputs, and collaborate with cloud platform engineers to resolve complex edge cases while maintaining solid monitoring continuity.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software engineering with proficiency in at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry concepts, including distributed tracing, metrics, logs, and OTel Collector configurations.
• Deep experience with cloud observability paradigms and transitioning off legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Solid understanding of HTTP, APIs, environment-based configurations, and reading/modifying complex YAML/JSON manifests.
• Strong background in software testing, debugging log analysis, and validating high-cardinality telemetry data.
• Familiarity with modern software delivery workflows (Git, PRs, CI/CD pipelines).

Responsibilities

• Migrate existing instrumentation and telemetry configurations from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configurations, environment variables, and deployment manifests according to architecture standards.
• Run unit tests and validation suites to verify telemetry generation and export to backends.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing New Relic data with OpenTelemetry outputs.
• Aid in updating dashboards, monitoring docs, and runbooks for the new architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection/export errors and coordinate with platform engineers on edge cases.
• Maintain clear progress tracking and risk reporting for the migration.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Tools

OpenTelemetry

YAML/JSON manifests

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. The remote, global contractor role focuses on instrumenting applications, updating manifests, and ensuring end-to-end telemetry coverage across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

You will re-instrument applications, validate outputs, and collaborate with cloud platform engineers to resolve complex edge cases while maintaining solid monitoring continuity.