Senior Software Engineer - OTEL experience require - Contract IR35

Job description

Mindera is looking for a Java Engineer with hands-on experience in OpenTelemetry (OTEL) to join our backend engineering team. You’ll play a key role in designing, building, and instrumenting high-performance Java services. Requirements: - Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java-based microservices and backend systems. - Implement observability best practices using OpenTelemetry (OTEL) for tracing, metrics, and logging. - Collaborate with platform and DevOps teams to integrate telemetry data with systems such as Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger, or Tempo . - Define and maintain instrumentation standards across Java applications to ensure consistency and performance visibility. - Diagnose complex production issues through telemetry data and performance profiling. - Contribute to architectural discussions on service design, distributed systems, and monitoring strategy. - Write clean, efficient, and testable code following best practices in CI/CD and automated testing. - Mentor junior engineers on observability and instrumentation concepts. Benefits: Competitive day rate