Remote Senior Node.js/TypeScript Backend Engineer

Bluelight; Concepcion; Remote; CLP 42,000,000 - 78,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Paid time off

Flexible working hours

Remote work option

Continuing education & certifications

Conferences & training

Job summary

Bluelight is seeking a senior backend-focused software engineer to design and implement high-impact applications. You will contribute to API services, data models, and secure multi-tenant systems while collaborating with frontend teams and AI-assisted tooling.

The role emphasizes ownership, quality, and continuous learning within a dynamic team that values client outcomes and performance. Remote-friendly with international work hours and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, backend-focused.
• Strong experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript.
• Experience building low-latency API services in AWS and scalable RESTful APIs.
• Experience with SDK integrations, PostgreSQL/AuroraDB with RLS, secure multi-tenant environments.
• Proficient in raw SQL, migrations (node-postgres, node-pg-migrate), and React basics.
• Testing practices including integration tests against real databases and fault-injection.
• Ability to overlap US business hours and strong ownership of deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality backend services using Node.js/TypeScript.
• Build low-latency, scalable APIs in AWS and across services.
• Implement secure multi-tenant data models and complex SQL schemas.
• Collaborate with frontend and AI-assisted tooling as part of daily work.

Skills

Problem-solving ability

Team collaboration

Owner mentality

Positive mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

AWS

PostgreSQL/AuroraDB

Row-Level Security (RLS)

SQL

node-postgres

node-pg-migrate

React

CI/CD

Fastify

Zod

AWS Fargate/ECS

Job description

Bluelight is seeking a senior backend-focused software engineer to design and implement high-impact applications. You will contribute to API services, data models, and secure multi-tenant systems while collaborating with frontend teams and AI-assisted tooling.

The role emphasizes ownership, quality, and continuous learning within a dynamic team that values client outcomes and performance. Remote-friendly with international work hours and growth opportunities.