Senior Software Engineer: Observability Migration (Remote)

Darwoft; Neuquén; Remote; ARS 108,178,000 - 185,448,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

USD payment for contractor work

100% remote work

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. This remote, contractor role spans global time zones and focuses on instrumenting applications, updating manifests, and validating telemetry outputs across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

You will work with Java, Python, Go, or JS/TS, apply OTel concepts, and collaborate with platform engineers to ensure continuous monitoring. Advanced English required; US/LATAM coordination.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering with proficiency in at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry concepts and OTEL Collector configurations.
• Deep experience with cloud observability and migrating off legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Reading/modifying complex YAML/JSON manifests and understanding HTTP APIs.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation, tracing, and telemetry configurations from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML config files, env vars, and deployment manifests per architecture standards.
• Run unit tests and validation suites to ensure telemetry is generated and exported correctly.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis by comparing New Relic data against OTEL outputs.
• Update dashboards, monitoring docs, and runbooks to reflect 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

Distributed tracing

Tools

OpenTelemetry Collector

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. This remote, contractor role spans global time zones and focuses on instrumenting applications, updating manifests, and validating telemetry outputs across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

You will work with Java, Python, Go, or JS/TS, apply OTel concepts, and collaborate with platform engineers to ensure continuous monitoring. Advanced English required; US/LATAM coordination.