Senior SRE: OpenTelemetry Obs Migration Lead (Remote)

Bluelightconsulting; Tandil; Remote; ARS 139,086,000 - 200,903,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

USD payments

Public holidays in Argentina

Job summary

Darwoft seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry across a global remote stack. You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry end-to-end to ensure seamless monitoring of a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

The role emphasizes strong Java/Python/Go/JS skills, hands-on OTel experience, and collaboration with US/LATAM teams. Remote contract position offering USD payments and flexible hours.

Qualifications

• Proven software engineering experience with modern languages.
• Hands-on OpenTelemetry concepts and telemetry collection.
• Experience migrating from New Relic to OpenTelemetry in production.

Responsibilities

• Migrate existing instrumentation, tracing, and telemetry configurations from New Relic to OpenTelemetry.
• Update YAML configuration files, environment variables, and deployment manifests according to established architecture standards.
• Execute unit tests and validation suites to verify telemetry is generated, transformed, and exported correctly.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis, comparing New Relic data against OpenTelemetry outputs to identify missing traces, metrics, logs.
• Assist in updating dashboards, monitoring documentation, and troubleshooting guides for the OTel architecture.
• Investigate telemetry collection and export errors, identifying root causes with core platform engineers.
• Maintain clear tracking and reporting of implementation progress, edge cases, and migration risks.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript

Job description

Darwoft seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead the observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry across a global remote stack. You will re-instrument applications, adjust manifests, and validate telemetry end-to-end to ensure seamless monitoring of a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

The role emphasizes strong Java/Python/Go/JS skills, hands-on OTel experience, and collaboration with US/LATAM teams. Remote contract position offering USD payments and flexible hours.