Senior Software Engineer - OpenTelemetry Observability

Epam Systems Inc; Neuquén; Remote; ARS 85,158,000 - 191,605,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct involvement in modernizing core

Remote work in international setting

Job summary

Darwoft seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry within a global, remote team. You will re-instrument applications, update deployment manifests, validate telemetry outputs, and ensure continuous monitoring coverage across a high-scale fintech platform.

You will work closely with platform engineers, contribute to dashboards and runbooks, and help define best practices for telemetry ingestions, traces, and metrics while coordinating across

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 paradigms and transitioning off legacy platforms like New Relic.
• Solid understanding of HTTP, APIs, environment-based configurations, and reading/modifying complex YAML/JSON manifests.
• Strong background in software testing, debugging log analysis, and validating high-cardinality telemetry data.
• Familiarity with modern software delivery workflows (Git, PRs, CI/CD pipelines).
• Experience operating or configuring OTel Collectors in Kubernetes or containerized environments.
• Knowledge of FinOps and cost-optimization strategies related to telemetry ingestion rates.

Responsibilities

• Migrate existing instrumentation, tracing, and telemetry configurations from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configuration files, environment variables, and deployment manifests according to architecture standards.
• Execute unit tests and validation suites to verify telemetry generation and export to backends.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing New Relic data against OTel outputs.
• Assist in updating dashboards, monitoring documentation, and troubleshooting guides to reflect OTel architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection and export errors, identifying root causes with platform engineers.
• Maintain tracking and reporting of implementation progress, edge cases, and migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

OpenTelemetry

Distributed tracing

CI/CD

Git

Tools

OpenTelemetry Collector

Kubernetes

YAML/JSON manifests

New Relic

Job description

Darwoft seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead an observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry within a global, remote team. You will re-instrument applications, update deployment manifests, validate telemetry outputs, and ensure continuous monitoring coverage across a high-scale fintech platform.

You will work closely with platform engineers, contribute to dashboards and runbooks, and help define best practices for telemetry ingestions, traces, and metrics while coordinating across