Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, AI-Driven, Scalable

Solicitud De Empleo Para Backend Engineer Miden Encora; Santa Fe Capital; Remote; ARS 136,732,000 - 197,502,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop provided as standard equipment

Remote work Across LATAM

Generous PTO

Job summary

Encora is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our remote team and help design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Java and Python. You will own distributed systems, APIs, data pipelines, and AI-driven features, collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable, high-performance solutions.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in software engineering, strong Java and Python experience, and hands-on AI/LLM development in production.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering or backend development.
• 5+ professional experience with Python, building and maintaining production-grade backend systems.
• Strong experience with Java.
• Hands-on experience with AI/LLM-based application development (AI agents, agentic systems, or LLM-powered applications).
• Experience building AI-driven features, LLM integrations, or agentic workflows in production environments is highly preferred.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, scalable architectures, and asynchronous processing.
• Experience working with databases, message queues, and data processing pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Proven experience building, maintaining, optimizing, and improving products after launch.
• Strong ownership mindset, autonomy, and ability to thrive in startup or fast-paced environments.
• Advanced English level

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Java and Python.
• Develop distributed systems involving databases, APIs, message queues, and data processing pipelines.
• Take full ownership of features and services throughout their lifecycle, from design and implementation to monitoring and optimization.
• Build production-ready systems with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Improve system performance, scalability, and operational efficiency across the platform.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery while ensuring code quality and engineering best practices.
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to key technical decisions as the company scales.
• Continuously improve development processes, tooling, and engineering standards.

Skills

Java

Python

Distributed systems

AI/LLM

Docker

Kubernetes

English

Tools

Databases

Message Queues

Data pipelines

Job description

Encora is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our remote team and help design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Java and Python. You will own distributed systems, APIs, data pipelines, and AI-driven features, collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable, high-performance solutions.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in software engineering, strong Java and Python experience, and hands-on AI/LLM development in production.