Senior Software Engineer - OpenTelemetry Migration

Darwoft; Quilmes; Remote; ARS 127,071,000 - 254,142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

USD payments

Remote work

Argentine holidays access

Professional development

Referral programs

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration from New Relic to a modern OpenTelemetry Collector-based architecture. You will re-instrument applications, update manifests, and validate telemetry end-to-end in a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

The role requires deep experience with OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, and Kubernetes in a remote, globally distributed team. This is a contractor-type engagement with USD payments and 100% remote collaboration.

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 distributed tracing, metrics, logs, and OTel Collector configurations.
• Deep experience with cloud observability and migrating off legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Solid understanding of HTTP, APIs, and YAML/JSON manifests.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation and telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update and maintain YAML configs, env vars, and deployment manifests.
• Run unit tests and validation suites for telemetry output to backends.
• Identify telemetry gaps by comparing New Relic vs OTel outputs and address edge cases.
• Update dashboards and runbooks to reflect the new OTel architecture.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry

Tools

OpenTelemetry (OTel)

OTel Collector

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration from New Relic to a modern OpenTelemetry Collector-based architecture. You will re-instrument applications, update manifests, and validate telemetry end-to-end in a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

The role requires deep experience with OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, and Kubernetes in a remote, globally distributed team. This is a contractor-type engagement with USD payments and 100% remote collaboration.