Senior Backend Engineer – Node, TypeScript, AWS

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the design, development, and upkeep of backend microservices for Torre de Control.

• Spearhead the technical and product specifications for new features.

• Assess issues, challenge the scope, suggest solutions, and take accountability for results.

• Collaborate with product, frontend, and QA teams to deliver features from start to finish.

• Provide guidance and mentorship to mid-level and junior engineers.

• Engage in code evaluations and architectural decisions.

• Manage technical support and incident resolution for the services you oversee.

• Take part in the team's on-call rotation.

• Address security vulnerabilities.

• Enhance service performance, scalability, and architecture.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of backend experience utilizing Node.js and TypeScript as the primary stack.

• Recent involvement in startups or product scale-ups.

• Experience in balancing the roadmap, support, and incident management.

• Product experience in determining what should be built and the rationale behind it.

• Proven ownership of production microservices and participation in on-call rotations.

• Practical experience with AWS services such as SQS, Lambda, ECS, or DynamoDB.

• Familiarity with integrating messaging systems like RabbitMQ or SQS.

• Experience in mentoring or guiding mid-level and junior engineers.

• Proficiency in relational and non-relational databases, including PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and Redis.

• Understanding of design patterns, unit and integration testing, SOLID principles, and clean coding practices.

• Minimum English proficiency at B2-C1 level.

🏝️ Benefits

• Option for remote work.

• Flexible working hours.

• Additional vacation days.

• Half a day off on your birthday.

• Access to an educational budget.

• Inclusion of Claude licenses and other AI tools as part of the technology stack.

• Health insurance available in certain countries.