AI Summary
We are looking for a Mid–Senior Backend Engineer to take ownership of product backends end-to-end. This role is ideal for someone who thinks in systems — architecture, scalability, security, performance, and long-term maintainability. The role will support multiple current and future products.
Key Highlights
Design and implement scalable backend architectures
Own API development from concept to production
Collaborate with frontend, product, and DevOps teams
Key Responsibilities
Design and implement scalable backend architectures
Own API development from concept to production
Collaborate with frontend, product, and DevOps teams
Participate in code reviews and technical decisions
Maintain CI/CD and deployment best practices
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
100% Remote Work
Growth Opportunities
Learning Opportunities
Paid time off
Incentive Annual Retention Incentive
12% Monthly Productivity and Learning Incentive
7.5%
Job Description
This is a remote position.
Backend Engineer
Part-Time (20 hrs/week) → Full-Time (40 hrs/week after 3 months)
Location: LATAM
Remote | Contract-to-Full-Time
About The Role
We are looking for a Mid–Senior Backend Engineer who can take ownership of product backends end-to-end. This role is ideal for someone who doesn’t just write endpoints, but thinks in systems — architecture, scalability, security, performance, and long-term maintainability.
You will start at 20 hours per week, with the opportunity to transition to 40 hours per week after 3 months based on performance and project growth.
This role is designed to support multiple current and future products.
What You’ll Do
- Design and implement scalable backend architectures
- Own API development from concept to production
- Model and manage relational databases effectively
- Implement authentication and authorization systems
- Build and maintain background processing systems
- Ensure strong testing coverage (unit + integration)
- Improve performance, reliability, and observability
- Collaborate with frontend, product, and DevOps teams
- Participate in code reviews and technical decisions
- Maintain CI/CD and deployment best practices
Core Technical Requirements
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Backend & API
- 3–6+ years backend development experience
- Strong experience building RESTful APIs
- Experience with modern backend frameworks (FastAPI, Django, Express, NestJS, etc.)
- Understanding of clean architecture and service-layer patterns
- Strong SQL knowledge
- Experience designing relational database schemas
- Query optimization and indexing knowledge
- Migration management experience
- Experience with background jobs / task queues
- Caching strategies (Redis or similar)
- Understanding of concurrency and async systems
- Experience writing automated tests
- Understanding of integration vs unit testing
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
- Linting, formatting, static typing tools
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- Docker experience
- Environment configuration management
- Basic cloud deployment knowledge (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
- Understanding of production monitoring and logging
- JWT-based authentication systems
- Input validation & API security best practices
- Basic understanding of OWASP principles
What we offer
- 100% Remote Work
- Flexibility
- Growth Opportunities
- Learning Opportunities
- Paid time off Incentive
- Annual Retention Incentive 12%
- Monthly Productivity and Learning Incentive 7.5%
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