Senior Software Engineer, Java, Go

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

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and sustain backend services utilizing Java and Go.

• Construct services that facilitate transaction monitoring, adherence to compliance regulations, and regulatory workflows.

• Create and uphold event-driven and queue-based integrations capable of managing high transaction volumes.

• Contribute to the architecture, technical enhancements, and application reliability.

• Collaborate with AWS infrastructure and observability tools.

• Assist in enhancing React-based frontend functionalities as necessary.

• Take ownership of features from requirement clarification and estimation through to implementation, testing, deployment, and demonstration.

• Recognize ambiguous requirements, technical dependencies, and risks prior to implementation.

• Validate modifications across appropriate environments.

• Deliver maintainable, thoroughly tested solutions that align with the team's Definition of Done.

• Create and manage unit, functional, integration, and end-to-end tests.

• Engage in code reviews and enhance engineering standards and CI/CD processes.

• Investigate defects, pinpoint root causes, and implement reliable solutions.

• Collaborate with the Technical Referent and distributed engineering colleagues.

• Communicate progress, obstacles, risks, and technical decisions effectively.

• Maintain technical documentation to support asynchronous collaboration.

• Utilize AI-assisted tools like Claude or Cursor, reviewing and testing the generated code.

• Conduct technical interviews as part of Nortal's Technical Interviewer Program.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend development.

• Significant production experience with Java and a solid understanding of Go, or extensive Go experience with a capability to quickly adapt to Java.

• Practical experience in designing and maintaining event-driven or queue-based systems.

• Experience in developing applications that support high-volume data or transaction processing.

• Strong grasp of unit, functional, integration, and end-to-end testing methodologies.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and quality-centric code reviews.

• Hands-on experience with AWS and application observability or monitoring tools.

• Ability to independently deliver features from requirements to production deployment.

• Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying technical risks and blockers.

• Experience in autonomous engineering teams with streamlined processes.

• Exceptional written and spoken English (C1 or above), including technical documentation and asynchronous communication.

• Capacity to maintain required working-hour overlap with European teams (CET/CEST).

• Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese.

• Experience with Rust.

• Frontend development experience using React and TypeScript.

• Familiarity with Databricks or other data platforms.

• Background in fintech, payments, transaction monitoring, compliance automation, or regulatory reporting.

• Experience collaborating with distributed engineering teams across various time zones.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive USD salary.

• 100% remote work.

• Paid time off and national holidays in accordance with the candidate's country's regulations, with full salary.

• Sick leave.

• Annual credit for perks to improve work-life balance.

• Team-building activities, coffee breaks, tech talks, and after-work gatherings.

• Day off during the birthday week.

• People Care support, wellness check-ins, and professional growth assistance.

• Access to coworking spaces throughout LATAM.