Senior Software Engineer - Observability Migration (Remote)

Devconnectplatform; La Pampa; Remote; ARS 127,737,000 - 234,184,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

USD payment

Remote work

Argentine holidays

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead a critical observability migration, moving telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech-like ecosystem while coordinating with US, LATAM, and global teams.

This contractor role offers 100% remote work, USD payments, and involvement in modernizing core platform observability, with emphasis on high-quality telemetry and documentation.

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 (OTel) 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 instrumentation and telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML files, environment variables, and deployment manifests.
• Execute unit tests and validation suites for telemetry outputs.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis to identify missing traces, metrics, logs, or attributes.
• Assist in updating dashboards, monitoring docs, and runbooks for the OTel architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection errors and collaborate with platform engineers on edge cases.
• Maintain progress tracking and report migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry (OTel)

Distributed tracing

Git

CI/CD

YAML/JSON manifests

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry Collector

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead a critical observability migration, moving telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech-like ecosystem while coordinating with US, LATAM, and global teams.

This contractor role offers 100% remote work, USD payments, and involvement in modernizing core platform observability, with emphasis on high-quality telemetry and documentation.