Principal Backend Engineer, Java, Golang

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

📋 Description

• Develop compliance and traffic-monitoring systems for a cross-border payments platform.

• Lead architectural decisions and design reviews, documenting trade-offs and technical choices.

• Establish and maintain quality practices, which include testing strategies, Definition of Done, and verification processes.

• Conduct timely code reviews across different time zones.

• Engage in hands-on development using Java and Go on complex, mission-critical backend systems.

• Transform ambiguous requirements into clear scopes and acceptance criteria in collaboration with product and engineering management.

• Mentor engineers, help remove obstacles for the team, and offer both technical and business context.

• Communicate asynchronously through written updates, design documents, and decision records across LATAM and Europe.

• Utilize AI-assisted development tools like Claude or Cursor while ensuring standards for code review, testing, and human oversight are upheld.

• Conduct technical interviews for Nortal accounts as part of the Technical Interviewer Program.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.

• Over 8 years of experience in software engineering.

• Strong production experience in both Java and Go.

• Experience in designing event-driven, high-volume distributed systems, including queues, streaming, or transaction processing.

• Proven track record of enhancing engineering quality through testing practices, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), and code reviews.

• Excellent command of written and spoken English (C1+).

• Strong skills in asynchronous communication and comfort in drafting technical documentation.

• Ability to autonomously define scope, estimates, and priorities.

• Availability for significant overlap with European working hours (CET).

• Advanced English proficiency is required, as the role involves collaborating with US clients.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive USD salary.

• 100% remote work; enjoy the flexibility to work from anywhere with access to coworking spaces throughout LATAM.

• Paid time off and national holidays according to the relevant country's regulations, with full salary coverage.

• Sick leave benefits.

• Annual credit for work-life balance perks.

• Opportunities for team-building activities, coffee breaks, tech talks, and after-work gatherings.

• Day off during the birthday week.

• Wellness check-ins and support for professional growth provided by the People Care team.

• Flexible work model focused on outcomes and personal well-being.