diff --git a/.changeset/mighty-humans-sparkle.md b/.changeset/mighty-humans-sparkle.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..139f60ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/mighty-humans-sparkle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@hyperdx/node-opentelemetry': minor
+---
+
+feat: use getSeverityNumber and parseLogAttributes for logger
diff --git a/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/otel-logger/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap b/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/otel-logger/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..413d417d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/otel-logger/__tests__/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`otel-logger getSeverityNumber 1`] = `
+{
+  "alert": 22,
+  "debug": 5,
+  "emerg": 23,
+  "error": 17,
+  "info": 9,
+  "verbose": 6,
+  "warn": 13,
+  "warning": 13,
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`otel-logger parseLogAttributes 1`] = `
+{
+  "a": 1,
+  "b": "2",
+  "c": "[{"d":3}]",
+  "e": [
+    1,
+    2,
+    3,
+  ],
+  "f": [
+    "a",
+    "b",
+    "c",
+  ],
+  "g": {
+    "h": "i",
+  },
+}
+`;
diff --git a/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/otel-logger/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/otel-logger/__tests__/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0c0d6c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/otel-logger/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { getSeverityNumber, parseLogAttributes } from '..';
+
+describe('otel-logger', () => {
+  it('getSeverityNumber', () => {
+    expect({
+      alert: getSeverityNumber('alert'),
+      debug: getSeverityNumber('debug'),
+      emerg: getSeverityNumber('emerg'),
+      error: getSeverityNumber('error'),
+      info: getSeverityNumber('info'),
+      verbose: getSeverityNumber('verbose'),
+      warn: getSeverityNumber('warn'),
+      warning: getSeverityNumber('warning'),
+    }).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it('parseLogAttributes', () => {
+    expect(
+      parseLogAttributes({
+        a: 1,
+        b: '2',
+        c: [{ d: 3 }],
+        e: [1, 2, 3],
+        f: ['a', 'b', 'c'],
+        g: {
+          h: 'i',
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/otel-logger/index.ts b/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/otel-logger/index.ts
index cf6ea365..544239f9 100644
--- a/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/otel-logger/index.ts
+++ b/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/otel-logger/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { Attributes, diag } from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import { Logger as OtelLogger, logs } from '@opentelemetry/api-logs';
+import {
+  LogAttributes,
+  Logger as OtelLogger,
+  logs,
+  SeverityNumber,
+} from '@opentelemetry/api-logs';
 import { getEnvWithoutDefaults } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { OTLPLogExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-logs-otlp-http';
 import {
@@ -16,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   NoopLogRecordProcessor,
 } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-logs';
 import { SEMRESATTRS_SERVICE_NAME } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
+import isPlainObject from 'lodash.isplainobject';
 
 import { version as PKG_VERSION } from '../../package.json';
 import {
@@ -26,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_SEND_INTERVAL_MS,
   DEFAULT_SERVICE_NAME,
 } from '../constants';
+import { jsonToString } from '../utils';
 
 const LOG_PREFIX = `⚠️  [LOGGER]`;
 
@@ -41,6 +48,73 @@ export type LoggerOptions = {
   timeout?: number; // The read/write/connection timeout in milliseconds
 };
 
+// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/blob/afccd0d62a0ea81afb8f5609f3ee802c038d11c6/packages/winston-transport/src/utils.ts
+const npmLevels: Record<string, number> = {
+  error: SeverityNumber.ERROR,
+  warn: SeverityNumber.WARN,
+  info: SeverityNumber.INFO,
+  http: SeverityNumber.DEBUG3,
+  verbose: SeverityNumber.DEBUG2,
+  debug: SeverityNumber.DEBUG,
+  silly: SeverityNumber.TRACE,
+};
+
+const sysLoglevels: Record<string, number> = {
+  emerg: SeverityNumber.FATAL3,
+  alert: SeverityNumber.FATAL2,
+  crit: SeverityNumber.FATAL,
+  error: SeverityNumber.ERROR,
+  warning: SeverityNumber.WARN,
+  notice: SeverityNumber.INFO2,
+  info: SeverityNumber.INFO,
+  debug: SeverityNumber.DEBUG,
+};
+
+const cliLevels: Record<string, number> = {
+  error: SeverityNumber.ERROR,
+  warn: SeverityNumber.WARN,
+  help: SeverityNumber.INFO3,
+  data: SeverityNumber.INFO2,
+  info: SeverityNumber.INFO,
+  debug: SeverityNumber.DEBUG,
+  prompt: SeverityNumber.TRACE4,
+  verbose: SeverityNumber.TRACE3,
+  input: SeverityNumber.TRACE2,
+  silly: SeverityNumber.TRACE,
+};
+
+export function getSeverityNumber(level: string): SeverityNumber | undefined {
+  return npmLevels[level] ?? sysLoglevels[level] ?? cliLevels[level];
+}
+
+export const parseLogAttributes = (
+  meta: Record<string, any>,
+): LogAttributes => {
+  try {
+    const attributes: LogAttributes = {};
+    for (const key in meta) {
+      if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(meta, key)) {
+        const value = meta[key];
+        // stringify array of objects
+        if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+          const firstItem = value[0];
+          if (isPlainObject(firstItem)) {
+            attributes[key] = jsonToString(value);
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (attributes[key] === undefined) {
+          attributes[key] = value;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return attributes;
+  } catch (error) {
+    diag.error(`${LOG_PREFIX} Failed to parse log attributes. e = ${error}`);
+    return meta;
+  }
+};
+
 export class Logger {
   private readonly _url: string;
 
@@ -155,15 +229,18 @@ export class Logger {
     return this.processor.forceFlush();
   }
 
-  postMessage(level: string, body: string, attributes: Attributes = {}): void {
+  postMessage(
+    level: string,
+    body: string,
+    meta: Record<string, any> = {},
+  ): void {
     this.logger.emit({
-      // TODO: should map to otel severity number
-      severityNumber: 0,
+      severityNumber: getSeverityNumber(level),
       // TODO: set up the mapping between different downstream log levels
       severityText: level,
       body,
-      attributes,
-      timestamp: this.parseTimestamp(attributes),
+      attributes: parseLogAttributes(meta),
+      timestamp: this.parseTimestamp(meta),
     });
   }
 }