Senior Software Engineer - Observability Migration Remote

Atomic Hr; Neuquén; Remote; ARS 139,086,000 - 231,811,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Payment in USD

100% remote work

Argentine public holidays

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will re-instrument applications, update manifests, and validate telemetry outputs across a high-scale fintech environment.

This is a remote contractor role with global teams. The ideal candidate has hands-on OpenTelemetry experience and strong programming skills (Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript), plus proficiency with YAML/JSON manifests and modern CI/CD workflows.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software engineering with one modern language: Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Hands-on OpenTelemetry concepts including tracing, metrics, logs, and OTel Collector configurations.
• Cloud observability experience and migrating from legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Strong knowledge of YAML/JSON manifests, APIs, and environment-based configurations.
• Experience with testing, debugging logs, and validating telemetry data.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation from New Relic to OpenTelemetry across apps and infra.
• Update YAML configs, environment vars, and deployment manifests to match architecture.
• Run unit tests and validation to ensure telemetry is generated and exported correctly.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing Old vs OpenTelemetry outputs.
• Assist in updating dashboards and runbooks to reflect OTel.
• Investigate telemetry collection errors and collaborate with platform engineers.
• Track progress, edge cases, and migration risks with clear reporting.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry (OTel)

Cloud observability

YAML/JSON manifests

HTTP/APIs

Software testing

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Tools

OpenTelemetry Collector configurations

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will re-instrument applications, update manifests, and validate telemetry outputs across a high-scale fintech environment.

This is a remote contractor role with global teams. The ideal candidate has hands-on OpenTelemetry experience and strong programming skills (Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript), plus proficiency with YAML/JSON manifests and modern CI/CD workflows.