Software Architect (AWS, NodeJS) - Latin America, Remote

Bluelight; Brasil; Teletrabalho; BRL 300 000 - 540 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Competitive salary + bonuses

Generous paid-time-off

Flexible working hours

Work remotely

Continuing education / certifications

Resumo da oferta

Bluelight is seeking an experienced software architect to design low-latency, secure, multi-tenant architectures across AWS. You will lead architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable RESTful services while collaborating with clients on high-impact projects.

The role emphasizes proactive documentation (ADRs), cross-team reviews, and overlap with US business hours. Remote work is supported in a flexible consulting environment.

Qualificações

• 8+ years of professional software development experience with 3+ years in an architecture-focused role.
• Deep experience designing low-latency service architectures in AWS and distributed components.
• Experience with latency budgets and synchronous durable commits in hot paths.
• Audit/evidence systems design including append-only logs and versioned models.
• Secure multi-tenant architecture tradeoffs and RLS implementation.

Responsabilidades

• Design and oversee end-to-end large-scale systems architecture.
• Define technical standards and perform architecture/code reviews.
• Mentor engineering teams and document architectural decisions (ADRs).
• Collaborate with clients and defend decisions in reviews.
• Work with AI coding assistants as part of daily development.

Conhecimentos

Architectural leadership

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

RESTful APIs

AWS

PostgreSQL/AuroraDB

Row-Level Security (RLS)

Multi-tenant security design

Mentoring engineers

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree

Ferramentas

PostgreSQL/AuroraDB

AWS

ADR documentation (architecture decisions)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Bluelight is a leading software consultancy dedicated to designing and developing innovative technology that enhances users' lives. With a steadfast commitment to delivering exceptional service to our clients, Bluelight excels in its focus on quality and customer satisfaction. Our mission is not only to create cutting-edge applications but also to foster a collaborative and enriching work environment where each team member can grow and thrive. With a presence across the United States and Central/South America, Bluelight is in an exciting phase of expansion, continually seeking exceptional talent to join its dynamic and diverse community.
We are looking for a skilled individual to join our rapidly growing team at Bluelight. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where everyone's opinions and efforts are valued and appreciated. You will have the opportunity to contribute to challenging and meaningful projects, developing high-quality applications that stand out in the market. We value continuous learning, personal growth, and hard work, offering a collaborative environment that promotes professional development.
Requirements

• 8+ years professional software development experience, with 3+ years in an architecture-focused role
• Deep experience designing low-latency service architectures in AWS, including judgment about when distributed components (queues, caches, search projections) earn their place
• Experience designing to explicit latency budgets (p95/p99), including synchronous durable commits in hot paths
• Experience designing audit/evidence systems: append-only event logs, versioned or bitemporal fact models, and deterministic historical replay
• Experience designing fail-open/fail-closed/degraded-state semantics and outage postures
• Proven experience architecting secure multi-tenant environments, including tradeoff analysis (RLS vs. schema-per-tenant vs. database-per-tenant)
• Deep experience with PostgreSQL/AuroraDB and Row-Level Security (RLS) at a data-modeling and architecture level
• Expertise in designing and building scalable RESTful APIs
• Experience architecting SDK integrations to other services
• Strong expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript across the stack
• Experience building capacity models and cloud cost/performance projections (AWS Well-Architected Framework)
• Experience establishing technical standards, conducting architecture and code reviews, and mentoring engineering teams
• Experience producing architecture documentation, diagrams, and technical decision records (ADRs)
• Experience presenting and defending architecture decisions in client engineering and security reviews
• Experience working with AI coding assistants as part of daily development
• Substantial background architecting large, complex systems end-to-end
• Ability to overlap US business hours
• Bachelor's degree required
• Extreme ownership and accountability for deliverables
• Client-focused dedication to team commitments
• Best practices knowledge and adherence
• Strong problem-solving ability and technical leadership skills
• Positive mindset and can-do attitude
• Meticulous attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in compliance-sensitive or regulated domains (e.g., TCPA/DNC, fintech decisioning, audit-heavy systems)
• Experience with event-driven design, message queues, and caching strategies at scale
• Advanced degree

Company Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonuses, including performance-based salary increases.
• Generous paid-time-off policy
• Flexible working hours
• Work remotely
• Continuing education, training, conferences
• Company-sponsored coursework, exams, and certifications

Being a consultant in our team is a fun, challenging, and rewarding career choice. Your contributions are highly valued by clients, and the work you do often has a direct and significant impact on their business.
You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects for our incredible clients, which will accelerate your career growth. You’ll collaborate with modern technologies and work alongside some of the best professionals in the industry!