Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, AI-Driven, Scalable

Silver; Municipio de Rincón de los Sauces; Remote; ARS 181,747,000 - 272,620,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-provided laptop

Generous PTO

Job summary

Prometeo Talent, partnering with a US-based cybersecurity startup, seeks a Senior Backend Engineer who thrives in startup environments and loves building scalable systems from the ground up. Work remotely from LATAM with strong ownership and direct impact on the product and company growth.

You will design, build, and maintain distributed services using Java and Python, own features end-to-end, and collaborate with a highly technical team.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering or backend development.
• 5+ years in Python, building production-grade backend systems.
• Strong Java experience.
• Hands-on AI/LLM-based application development in production.
• Experience with distributed systems and asynchronous processing.
• Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Experience with databases, message queues, and data pipelines.
• Ownership mindset in startup or fast-paced environments.
• Advanced English level.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Java and Python.
• Develop distributed systems with databases, APIs, queues, and data pipelines.
• Own features end-to-end from design to monitoring and optimization.
• Build production-ready systems focusing on reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate requirements into solutions.
• Improve system performance, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery while ensuring quality.
• Participate in architectural discussions and key technical decisions as the company scales.
• Continuously improve development processes, tooling, and engineering standards.

Skills

Java

Python

AI/LLM-based development

Distributed systems

Databases / queues / data pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

Ownership mindset

English (Advanced)

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Prometeo Talent, partnering with a US-based cybersecurity startup, seeks a Senior Backend Engineer who thrives in startup environments and loves building scalable systems from the ground up. Work remotely from LATAM with strong ownership and direct impact on the product and company growth.

You will design, build, and maintain distributed services using Java and Python, own features end-to-end, and collaborate with a highly technical team.