Senior Software Engineer - Observability Migration (OTel) | Remote

Felix; Rosario; Remote; ARS 155,220,000 - 258,701,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Payment in USD

100% remote

Argentine public holidays

Direct involvement in modernization

Professional development

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead a critical observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. This remote, contractor role coordinates with US, LATAM, and global teams to instrument applications, update manifests, and validate telemetry end-to-end.

You will ensure coverage remains intact while updating dashboards, docs, and runbooks. Strong Java/Python/Go/TypeScript skills and Git/CI-CD experience are required for success.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software engineering with at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Hands-on OpenTelemetry concepts, including tracing, metrics, logs, and OTel Collector configurations.
• Deep experience with cloud observability and migrating off legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Strong understanding of HTTP, APIs, YAML/JSON manifests, and environment configurations.
• Experience with Git, PRs, and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation, tracing, and telemetry from legacy to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configs, environment variables, and deployment manifests.
• Run unit tests and validation to ensure telemetry is correctly generated and exported.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis and compare New Relic data to OTel outputs.
• Update dashboards and troubleshooting guides to reflect the OTel architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection errors and document root causes with platform engineers.
• Maintain progress tracking and report migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Tools

OpenTelemetry Collector

Git

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead a critical observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. This remote, contractor role coordinates with US, LATAM, and global teams to instrument applications, update manifests, and validate telemetry end-to-end.

You will ensure coverage remains intact while updating dashboards, docs, and runbooks. Strong Java/Python/Go/TypeScript skills and Git/CI-CD experience are required for success.