About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Software Backend Engineer, Foundations based in United States.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a technical expert for a core platform area such as identity, authentication, or access control.
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and shared platform components in collaboration with other engineering teams.
- Own complex components throughout the full development lifecycle, from technical design and implementation through production.
- Break large initiatives into clear, achievable milestones and proactively communicate progress, risks, and dependencies.
- Investigate, diagnose, and resolve challenging technical problems affecting platform services.
- Identify technical debt, architectural risks, and potential operational issues before they become larger business or engineering problems.
- Mentor other engineers through pairing, code reviews, design reviews, and day-to-day technical guidance.
- Document and communicate technical decisions clearly through design documentation and team discussions.
- Collaborate with Product and engineering stakeholders to align technical solutions with business priorities and product objectives.
- Contribute to a culture focused on simplicity, high-quality engineering, clear communication, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 4+ years of professional software development experience, including ownership of complex backend systems.
- Strong backend programming experience with Python or Go.
- Experience working in Platform Engineering or developing shared services and common platform components.
- Demonstrated ability to break complex projects into manageable milestones and deliver effectively against timelines.
- Experience mentoring engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical or architectural design reviews.
- Strong fundamentals in Linux and distributed systems.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and product teams and align technical decisions with broader priorities.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to take ownership of complex technical challenges.
- Experience incorporating AI into software development workflows and creating or using AI-enhanced development tooling.
- Experience with authentication and authorization technologies such as OAuth, SSO, or role-based access control is a plus.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration is advantageous.
- Experience with network management or infrastructure software is valued.
- Open-source contributions or involvement in open-source projects is a plus.
Conditions
- Fully remote working arrangement for candidates based in Brazil/LATAM.
- Full-time position within a distributed engineering environment.
- Competitive LATAM compensation of $85,000–$98,000 USD annually.
- Opportunity to work on foundational platform services with broad impact across engineering teams.
- Significant ownership of complex backend systems from architecture and design through production.
- Exposure to identity, authentication, authorization, distributed systems, and platform engineering.
- Opportunities to mentor engineers and influence technical direction.
- Collaborative environment focused on simplicity, clear communication, and high-quality engineering.
- Opportunity to work with modern development practices and AI-enhanced engineering tools.
- Potential exposure to open-source projects and technologies.