Senior Software Engineer - OpenTelemetry Migration (Remote)

BairesDev; Tandil; Remote; ARS 185,448,000 - 278,173,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work in international setting

USD payment for contractor

Public holidays alignment

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive a critical observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will instrument applications and update manifests, ensuring seamless telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

You will validate telemetry outputs, collaborate with core engineers, and help update dashboards and documentation to reflect the new architecture. Remote, contractor engagement, USD payments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software engineering with one of Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Hands-on OpenTelemetry (OTel) concepts, including distributed tracing, metrics, logs, and Collector configurations.
• Deep experience with cloud observability and migrating off legacy platforms.
• Solid understanding of HTTP, APIs, and reading/modifying complex YAML/JSON manifests.
• Strong background in software testing and debugging telemetry data.
• Familiarity with modern software delivery workflows (Git, PRs, CI/CD).

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation and telemetry configurations from legacy tooling to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configurations, environment variables, and deployment manifests to match architecture standards.
• Run unit tests and validation suites to ensure telemetry is correctly generated and exported.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing current data with OTel outputs.
• Update dashboards, runbooks, and troubleshooting guides to reflect OTel.
• Investigate telemetry collection errors and collaborate with platform engineers on edge cases.
• Maintain tracking of progress, risks, and implementation details.

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive a critical observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. You will instrument applications and update manifests, ensuring seamless telemetry across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

You will validate telemetry outputs, collaborate with core engineers, and help update dashboards and documentation to reflect the new architecture. Remote, contractor engagement, USD payments.