diff --git a/backend/src/email/utils/callback/parsers/ses.ts b/backend/src/email/utils/callback/parsers/ses.ts
index 4b39943ff..c4f995686 100644
--- a/backend/src/email/utils/callback/parsers/ses.ts
+++ b/backend/src/email/utils/callback/parsers/ses.ts
@@ -136,8 +136,13 @@ const shouldBlacklist = ({
 const parseNotificationAndEvent = async (
   type: SesEventType,
   message: any,
-  metadata: Metadata
+  metadata: Metadata,
+  parentSpan?: tracer.Span
 ): Promise<void> => {
+  const parseNotificationAndEventSpan = tracer.startSpan(
+    'parseNotificationAndEvent',
+    { childOf: parentSpan }
+  )
   if (!isNotificationAndEventForMainRecipient(message, type)) {
     logger.info({
       message: 'SES notification or event is not for the main recipient',
@@ -177,6 +182,7 @@ const parseNotificationAndEvent = async (
       })
       return
   }
+  parseNotificationAndEventSpan.finish()
 }
 
 // Validate SES record hash, returns message ID if valid, otherwise throw errors
@@ -275,9 +281,7 @@ const parseRecord = async (record: SesRecord): Promise<void> => {
         parseRecordSpan
       )
     }
-    return tracer.wrap('parseNotificationAndEvent', () =>
-      parseNotificationAndEvent(type, message, metadata)
-    )()
+    return parseNotificationAndEvent(type, message, metadata, parseRecordSpan)
   }
   parseRecordSpan.finish()
 }