Principal Backend Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Develop, construct, and sustain scalable and dependable backend services that facilitate financial transactions and cater to Jeeves customers in over 20 countries.

• Produce clean, testable, and production-ready code using Go, Python, or Node.js/TypeScript; actively engage in design and code evaluations.

• Create and utilize RESTful and GraphQL APIs; design inter-service communication utilizing gRPC, message queues, and event-driven frameworks.

• Design and enhance relational and non-relational database schemas (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) ensuring accuracy, performance, and scalability.

• Take ownership of backend features from inception to completion — encompassing scoping, technical design, deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvements.

• Apply security best practices: managing authentication, authorization, input validation, and data protection across distributed services.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of professional backend engineering experience in building and managing production systems.

• Proficient in English — professional fluency is essential for daily interactions with global teams in both written and spoken formats.

• Fluent in Spanish or Portuguese — necessary for collaboration with LATAM teammates, customers, and operational partners.

• Strong expertise in at least one backend programming language: Go, Python, or Node.js/TypeScript.

• Experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven backend architectures.

• Comprehensive understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred): including schema design, query optimization, and data modeling.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.

• Proven capability to reliably integrate third-party APIs in production environments — encompassing error handling, retry mechanisms, and observability.

• Experience collaborating with globally distributed teams across various time zones and regions.

• Comfortable utilizing AI tools in daily engineering tasks — integrating LLM API outputs into backend services and effectively using AI coding assistants.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Remote work options

• Professional development