Senior Software Engineer - Observability Migration (Remote)

OpenMined; La Pampa; Remote; ARS 127,737,000 - 255,474,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Payment in USD

100% remote work

Access to Argentine public holidays

Job summary

Darwoft seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry Collector-based architecture. You will re-instrument applications, update manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem while maintaining visibility.

This is a full-remote contractor role with USD payments. You will coordinate with global teams across LATAM and the US and contribute to documentation, testing, and operations during the migration window.

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering with proficiency in at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go or TypeScript).
• Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry concepts, including traces, metrics, logs and OTel Collector configs.
• Deep cloud observability experience and migration from legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Strong knowledge of HTTP, APIs, YAML/JSON manifests and environment configurations.
• Experience with software testing, debugging and telemetry validation.
• Familiarity with Git, PRs and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation, tracing and telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configs, environment vars and deployment manifests.
• Run unit tests and validation to ensure telemetry is emitted correctly.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing New Relic vs OTel outputs.
• Update dashboards and runbooks to reflect the new architecture.
• Investigate export errors and coordinate with platform engineers.
• Maintain progress tracking and document migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

TypeScript

OpenTelemetry

CI/CD

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry Collector

New Relic

Job description

Darwoft seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry Collector-based architecture. You will re-instrument applications, update manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem while maintaining visibility.

This is a full-remote contractor role with USD payments. You will coordinate with global teams across LATAM and the US and contribute to documentation, testing, and operations during the migration window.