Senior Software Engineer: Observability Migration to OTel

OpenMined; Santa Fe Capital; Remote; ARS 127,737,000 - 191,605,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. This remote, global contractor role focuses on instrumenting applications, updating manifests, and validating telemetry across a high-scale environment.

You will collaborate with platform engineers to ensure accurate traces, metrics, and logs while maintaining operational visibility. The role requires hands-on expertise with OTEL, cloud observability, and modern languages such as

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.

Responsibilities

• Migrate existing application instrumentation, tracing, and telemetry configurations from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configuration files, environment variables, and deployment manifests according to established architecture standards.
• Execute unit tests and validation suites to verify that telemetry is accurately generated, transformed, and exported to target backends.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis, comparing existing New Relic data against OTel outputs to identify missing traces, metrics, logs, or resource attributes.
• Assist in updating dashboards, monitoring documentation, and troubleshooting guides to reflect the OTel architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection and export errors, identifying root causes and collaborating with core platform engineers on complex edge cases.
• Maintain clear tracking and reporting of implementation progress, edge cases, and potential migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry

Cloud observability

HTTP

APIs

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. This remote, global contractor role focuses on instrumenting applications, updating manifests, and validating telemetry across a high-scale environment.

You will collaborate with platform engineers to ensure accurate traces, metrics, and logs while maintaining operational visibility. The role requires hands-on expertise with OTEL, cloud observability, and modern languages such as