Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Scale & Ownership

Puente Talent Partners; Comisión de Fomento de Perú; Remote; ARS 185,966,000 - 278,949,000; Full time

Job summary

Puente Talent Partners is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale backend services that power scalable products for US tech companies. You will own features end-to-end, develop robust databases and data processing workflows, and improve performance, security, and reliability.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in backend engineering, strong knowledge of SQL/NoSQL, and cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure).

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
• Proficiency in one backend language: Python, Java, Go, Node.js, or C#.
• Experience designing and scaling production APIs and services.
• Solid understanding of SQL/NoSQL databases, system design, and distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing, and production monitoring.
• Professional English and strong communication skills.
• Proven technical ownership and measurable achievements.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale backend services and APIs.
• Own backend features from architecture to production.
• Develop reliable databases and data processing workflows.
• Improve system performance, security, and scalability.
• Build and maintain integrations with internal and external systems.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve system reliability.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Java

Go

Node.js

C#

English communication

Cloud platforms

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Kafka

Redis

CI/CD

Monitoring

Job description

Puente Talent Partners is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale backend services that power scalable products for US tech companies. You will own features end-to-end, develop robust databases and data processing workflows, and improve performance, security, and reliability.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in backend engineering, strong knowledge of SQL/NoSQL, and cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure).