Senior Software Engineer - Observability Migration (Remote)

Bluelight; Santa Fe Capital; Remote; ARS 127,737,000 - 255,474,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote work

USD payments

Public holidays in Argentina

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead a critical observability migration, replacing New Relic with OpenTelemetry across a high-scale fintech platform.

You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry delivery while ensuring continuous monitoring. Remote global collaboration is required for US/LATAM teams; advanced English and strong OTEL expertise are essential for this contractor role.

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 concepts, including tracing, metrics, logs, and OTel Collector configurations.
• Deep experience with cloud observability and migrating from legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Reading/modifying complex YAML/JSON manifests and understanding HTTP/APIs.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation and telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configs, environment variables, and deployment manifests.
• Run unit tests and validation to ensure telemetry is generated and exported correctly.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing New Relic data to OTel outputs.
• Update dashboards, documentation, and runbooks for the new architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection/export errors and troubleshoot with core engineers.
• Maintain progress tracking and report migration risks clearly.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Tools

OpenTelemetry

OTel Collector

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead a critical observability migration, replacing New Relic with OpenTelemetry across a high-scale fintech platform.

You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry delivery while ensuring continuous monitoring. Remote global collaboration is required for US/LATAM teams; advanced English and strong OTEL expertise are essential for this contractor role.