diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b373eabede..3b97d7ec8f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3845,6 +3845,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "opentelemetry-otlp",
  "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "tonic 0.10.2",
  "tracing 0.1.40",
  "tracing-opentelemetry",
diff --git a/core/notifications/src/job/send_push_notification.rs b/core/notifications/src/job/send_push_notification.rs
index 2a0d33aa45..2cd59a56f3 100644
--- a/core/notifications/src/job/send_push_notification.rs
+++ b/core/notifications/src/job/send_push_notification.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::{executor::Executor, notification_event::NotificationEventPayload};
 pub(super) struct SendPushNotificationData {
     payload: NotificationEventPayload,
     #[serde(flatten)]
-    pub(super) tracing_data: HashMap<String, String>,
+    pub(super) tracing_data: HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>,
 }
 
 impl From<NotificationEventPayload> for SendPushNotificationData {
@@ -30,3 +30,59 @@ pub async fn execute(
     executor.notify(&data.payload).await?;
     Ok(data)
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::{notification_event::*, primitives::*};
+    use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+    #[derive(Default, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+    struct JobMeta {
+        attempts: u32,
+        tracing_data: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+    struct JobData<T: std::fmt::Debug> {
+        #[serde(rename = "_job_meta", default)]
+        job_meta: JobMeta,
+        #[serde(flatten)]
+        data: Option<T>,
+        #[serde(flatten)]
+        tracing_data: HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>,
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn job_data_round_trip() {
+        let tracing_data = vec![
+            (
+                "tracestate".to_string(),
+                serde_json::Value::String("".to_string()),
+            ),
+            (
+                "traceparent".to_string(),
+                serde_json::Value::String(
+                    "00-2da747b31646aadf7aa11efacba7aad1-f1d9a1f51961dee0-01".to_string(),
+                ),
+            ),
+        ]
+        .into_iter()
+        .collect();
+
+        let payload = NotificationEventPayload::CircleGrew(CircleGrew {
+            user_id: GaloyUserId::from("172437af-e8c3-4df7-9859-148dea00bf33".to_string()),
+            circle_type: CircleType::Outer,
+            this_month_circle_size: 1,
+            all_time_circle_size: 1,
+        });
+        let raw = SendPushNotificationData {
+            payload,
+            tracing_data,
+        };
+        let data = serde_json::to_string(&raw).unwrap();
+        let job_data: JobData<SendPushNotificationData> = serde_json::from_str(&data).unwrap();
+        assert!(job_data.data.is_some());
+        assert_eq!(job_data.tracing_data.len(), 3);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/job-executor-rs/src/lib.rs b/lib/job-executor-rs/src/lib.rs
index 8405a5b2a7..4e49b40b41 100644
--- a/lib/job-executor-rs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/job-executor-rs/src/lib.rs
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ struct JobData<T> {
     #[serde(flatten)]
     data: Option<T>,
     #[serde(flatten)]
-    tracing_data: HashMap<String, String>,
+    tracing_data: HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>,
 }
 
 impl<'a, T: Deserialize<'a>> JobData<T> {
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ struct JobMeta {
     attempts: u32,
     #[serde_as(as = "serde_with::DurationSeconds<u64>")]
     wait_till_next_attempt: Duration,
-    tracing_data: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
+    tracing_data: Option<HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>>,
 }
 impl Default for JobMeta {
     fn default() -> Self {
diff --git a/lib/tracing-rs/BUCK b/lib/tracing-rs/BUCK
index 54022ab026..96c79f3999 100644
--- a/lib/tracing-rs/BUCK
+++ b/lib/tracing-rs/BUCK
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ galoy_rust_lib(
     deps = [
         "//third-party/rust:anyhow",
         "//third-party/rust:serde",
+        "//third-party/rust:serde_json",
         "//third-party/rust:opentelemetry-otlp",
         "//third-party/rust:opentelemetry-semantic-conventions",
         "//third-party/rust:opentelemetry",
diff --git a/lib/tracing-rs/Cargo.toml b/lib/tracing-rs/Cargo.toml
index a724ca7ae9..73b09f8b1a 100644
--- a/lib/tracing-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/tracing-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 tracing-opentelemetry = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/lib/tracing-rs/src/lib.rs b/lib/tracing-rs/src/lib.rs
index 0b94e06394..1fdcdaa4ac 100644
--- a/lib/tracing-rs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/tracing-rs/src/lib.rs
@@ -73,17 +73,30 @@ pub fn insert_error_fields(level: tracing::Level, error: impl std::fmt::Display)
     Span::current().record("error.message", &tracing::field::display(error));
 }
 
-pub fn extract_tracing_data() -> HashMap<String, String> {
+pub fn extract_tracing_data() -> HashMap<String, serde_json::Value> {
     let mut tracing_data = HashMap::new();
     let propagator = TraceContextPropagator::new();
     let context = Span::current().context();
     propagator.inject_context(&context, &mut tracing_data);
     tracing_data
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(k, v)| (k, serde_json::Value::String(v)))
+        .collect()
 }
 
-pub fn inject_tracing_data(span: &Span, tracing_data: &HashMap<String, String>) {
+pub fn inject_tracing_data(span: &Span, tracing_data: &HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>) {
+    let data = tracing_data
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|(k, v)| {
+            if let serde_json::Value::String(v) = v {
+                Some((k.clone(), v.clone()))
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        })
+        .collect::<HashMap<String, String>>();
     let propagator = TraceContextPropagator::new();
-    let context = propagator.extract(tracing_data);
+    let context = propagator.extract(&data);
     span.set_parent(context);
 }