Backend Engineer - LatAm

Jobgether; Brasil; Teletrabalho; BRL 120 000 - 160 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Competitive salary

Yearly learning budget of USD 500

Fully remote work flexibility

Resumo da oferta

A dynamic fintech platform is seeking a Backend Engineer to design and maintain APIs and backend services. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams, ensuring secure and scalable solutions while promoting code quality. Ideal candidates will have strong Python skills and experience with databases like PostgreSQL. The position offers competitive salary and fully remote work flexibility.

Qualificações

• Strong professional experience in Python with relevant frameworks.
• Solid experience with SQL databases like PostgreSQL and Snowflake.
• Experience building production-grade RESTful endpoints.

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate with teams on requirements and milestones.
• Document APIs and backend systems for developer onboarding.

Conhecimentos

Python

Django

FastAPI

SQL databases

PostgreSQL

Snowflake

RESTful APIs

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

English

Spanish

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Backend Engineer in Latin America. In this role, you will be a key contributor to the developer-facing platform, building backend services and APIs that enable external engineers to seamlessly integrate and interact with the system. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, ensuring that services are reliable, scalable, and secure while maintaining a high standard of code quality. Your contributions will directly impact developer adoption, platform reliability, and the overall user experience. The role provides the autonomy to design and implement backend solutions, shape technical best practices, and influence how integrations are built and maintained at scale. Working in a collaborative, remote-friendly environment, you will have the opportunity to learn from and contribute to a fast-growing, innovative fintech platform with a global footprint.

Accountabilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs used by external developers
• Model and persist data, orchestrate workflows, and integrate with internal services end-to-end
• Ensure code quality and maintainability through testing, CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, logging, and monitoring
• Collaborate closely with product, frontend, and delivery teams to define requirements and deliver milestones
• Maintain observability and operability of services with metrics, structured logs, and alerts
• Implement secure authentication, rate limiting, input validation, and access control in backend services
• Document APIs and backend systems to enhance developer onboarding and adoption

Requirements

• Strong professional experience in Python, with hands-on use of frameworks such as Django and FastAPI
• Solid experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL and Snowflake
• Experience building production-grade RESTful endpoints and microservices on cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Familiarity with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools
• Knowledge of system design fundamentals: data modeling, caching, consistency boundaries, and performance optimization
• Ability to collaborate effectively across distributed, remote teams
• Experience with AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Cursor) while maintaining high engineering standards
• Excellent communication skills in English and Spanish
• Alignment with core values: proactivity, ownership, transparency, and collaboration

Nice to Have

• Experience building B2B SaaS products, SDKs, webhooks, or developer tools
• Knowledge of event streaming, pub/sub architectures, and cloud services such as Lambda, S3, API Gateway, ECS
• Startup experience or working in small, high-impact teams

Benefits

• Competitive salary with a well-funded, high-growth startup
• Entrepreneurial culture encouraging initiative, collaboration, and innovation
• Open communication with management and leadership
• Small, dynamic teams allowing for significant individual impact
• USD 500 yearly learning budget to invest in training, courses, or certifications
• Fully remote work flexibility