Senior SRE: Remote OpenTelemetry Observability Migration

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work international

Payment in USD

Argentine public holidays

Job summary

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead a critical observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. The role focuses on instrumenting applications, updating infrastructure manifests, and validating telemetry outputs across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

You will work as a contractor, with full-time commitment and coordination across US, LATAM, and global teams. This is a 100% remote position offering USD payments and international collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in at least one modern language (Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry concepts (tracing, metrics, logs).
• Deep experience with cloud observability and migrating off legacy platforms.
• Strong understanding of HTTP, APIs, and YAML/JSON manifests.
• Background in testing, log analysis, and telemetry validation.
• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Migrate instrumentation from legacy to OpenTelemetry (OTel Collector-based).
• Update deployment manifests and environment variables per architecture standards.
• Run unit tests and validation to ensure correct telemetry generation and export.
• Perform telemetry gap analysis comparing Old vs OTel outputs.
• Update dashboards, docs, and runbooks for OTel architecture.
• Troubleshoot telemetry collection/export errors with platform engineers.
• Track progress, edge cases, and migration risks transparently.

Skills

Programming languages

OpenTelemetry (OTel)

Cloud observability

YAML/JSON manifests

Testing & debugging

Git CI/CD

Distributed tracing

Tools

OTel Collectors

Kubernetes

FinOps

Job description

Darwoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead a critical observability migration from New Relic to OpenTelemetry. The role focuses on instrumenting applications, updating infrastructure manifests, and validating telemetry outputs across a high-scale fintech ecosystem.

You will work as a contractor, with full-time commitment and coordination across US, LATAM, and global teams. This is a 100% remote position offering USD payments and international collaboration.