Senior Software Engineer - OTel Observability Migration (Remote)

Atomic Hr; Tandil; Remote; ARS 127,737,000 - 255,474,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote work in an international设置

Access to Argentine public holidays

Professional development & learning

Referral programs

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. This remote, contractor role serves global teams, coordinating across US, LATAM, and international counterparts.

You will instrument applications, update manifests, and validate telemetry end-to-end while maintaining monitoring coverage during migration. Strong OpenTelemetry experience and modern software delivery practices are essential.

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 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 environment-based configurations with YAML/JSON manifests.
• Strong background in software testing, debugging logs, and validating high-cardinality telemetry data.
• Familiarity with modern software delivery workflows (Git, PRs, CI/CD).

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation and telemetry configurations from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configs, environment variables, and deployment manifests.
• Execute unit tests and validation suites for telemetry outputs.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing New Relic data to OTel outputs.
• Assist in updating dashboards and monitoring guides for the OTel architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection/export errors and work with platform engineers.
• Maintain progress tracking and report migration risks.

Skills

OpenTelemetry

Cloud observability

Unit testing

Git & CI/CD

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Tools

OpenTelemetry Collector

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. This remote, contractor role serves global teams, coordinating across US, LATAM, and international counterparts.

You will instrument applications, update manifests, and validate telemetry end-to-end while maintaining monitoring coverage during migration. Strong OpenTelemetry experience and modern software delivery practices are essential.