Senior Software Engineer: OpenTelemetry Migration (Remote)

Darwoft; Municipio de Rincón de los Sauces; Remote; ARS 127,071,000 - 254,142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contractor in USD

100% remote work (global)

Argentine public holidays

Professional development

Referral programs

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry Collector-based tech stack. You will instrument applications, modify deployment manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

The role is fully remote in a global setting with USD contractor payment. You will work on instrumentation migration, dashboards updates, and issue resolution while coordinating with US/LATAM teams.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or JS/TS).
• Hands-on OpenTelemetry concepts (tracing, metrics, logs, Collector).
• Cloud observability and migration from legacy platforms (e.g., New Relic).
• Strong understanding of HTTP, APIs, and reading complex YAML/JSON manifests.
• Experience with software testing, debugging logs, and telemetry data validation.
• Familiarity with modern software delivery workflows (Git, PRs, CI/CD).

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation and telemetry from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configs, env vars, and deployment manifests.
• Run unit tests and validation suites for telemetry accuracy.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing New Relic vs OpenTelemetry outputs.
• Update dashboards, docs, and runbooks for the new architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection errors and collaborate with platform engineers.
• Track progress, edge cases, and migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry

Git

CI/CD

Kubernetes

YAML/JSON manifests

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry Collector-based tech stack. You will instrument applications, modify deployment manifests, and validate telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

The role is fully remote in a global setting with USD contractor payment. You will work on instrumentation migration, dashboards updates, and issue resolution while coordinating with US/LATAM teams.