Backend Developer ID89121

AgileEngine, LLC.; Cartagena de Indias; Hybrid; COP 249,120,000 - 373,680,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth

Competitive compensation

Project variety

Flextime

Job summary

AgileEngine is seeking a Backend Developer to design, build, and maintain scalable systems for a Product-led engineering team. This role focuses on Java and/or Kotlin with Spring Boot, GraphQL, MongoDB, and Aurora MySQL on AWS, covering tooling to architecture.

Join a people-first culture with opportunities for growth and impact across Fortune 500 brands and startups.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend-focused software development.
• Proficiency in Java and/or Kotlin.
• Proficiency in MongoDB Atlas (NoSQL).
• Proficiency in Aurora MySQL on AWS.
• Experience building cloud-native distributed systems on AWS.
• Experience with Spring Boot framework.
• API development with GraphQL (Netflix DGS).
• Experience building and operating large-scale, resilient systems on a major cloud platform.

Responsibilities

• Take on lower-priority engineering work including compliance and maintenance, cost-savings, observability, and tooling.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, performant, and reliable software systems.
• Contribute to system architecture and validate solutions with data and experiments.
• Participate in code and design reviews to uphold high engineering standards.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners including engineers, product managers, data scientists and designers.
• Partner with a Product Manager and fellow engineers to clarify requirements and focus on coding, testing, and documentation.

Skills

Backend development

Java

Kotlin

MongoDB Atlas

Aurora MySQL AWS

AWS cloud

Spring Boot

GraphQL (Netflix DGS)

Distributed systems

Tools

Spring Boot

Job description

AgileEngine is an Inc. 5000 company that creates award-winning software for Fortune 500 brands and trailblazing startups across 17+ industries. We rank among the leaders in areas like application development and AI/ML, and our people-first culture has earned us multiple Best Place to Work awards.

WHY JOIN US

If you're looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we'd love to meet you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Backend Developer to design, build, and maintain scalable systems for a Product-led engineering team. This person works in Java and/or Kotlin with Spring Boot, GraphQL, MongoDB, and Aurora MySQL on AWS, covering everything from operational tooling to system architecture. Comfort picking up compliance, cost-savings, and observability work matters here.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Take on lower-priority engineering work the team lacks bandwidth for, including compliance and engineering maintenance, cost-savings, observability, experiment clean-up, and operational tool development.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, performant, and reliable software systems.
• Contribute to system architecture and technical design, validating solutions through data and experimentation where appropriate.
• Participate in code reviews and design reviews to maintain high engineering standards.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, including software engineers, product managers, data scientists, and designers.
• Partner with a Product Manager and fellow engineers to clarify requirements and perform mid-level design work, focusing primarily on coding, testing, and documentation.

MUST HAVES

• 3+ years of professional, backend-focused software development experience.
• Proficiency in Java and/or Kotlin.
• Proficiency in a modern NoSQL database, MongoDB on Atlas.
• Proficiency in a modern relational database, Aurora MySQL on AWS.
• Experience building cloud-native distributed systems on AWS.
• Experience with the Spring Boot framework.
• API development with GraphQL (Netflix DGS).
• Experience building and operating large-scale, high-performance, and resilient systems on a major cloud platform.

NICE TO HAVES

• Event-driven system development, ideally with Apache Kafka and/or SQS.
• AI-assisted coding experience.
• Terraform.
• Experience building microservices.
• API development with gRPC and REST.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

• Professional growth: Accelerate your professional journey with mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps.
• Competitive compensation: We match your ever-growing skills, talent, and contributions with competitive USD-based compensation and budgets for education, fitness, and team activities.
• A selection of exciting projects: Join projects with modern solutions development and top-tier clients that include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading product brands.
• Flextime: Tailor your schedule for an optimal work-life balance, by having the options of working from home and going to the office – whatever makes you the happiest and most productive.

Requirements

• +3 years of professional, backend-focused software development experience.
• Proficiency in Java and/or Kotlin.
• Proficiency in a modern NoSQL database, MongoDB on Atlas.
• Proficiency in a modern relational database, Aurora MySQL on AWS.
• Experience building cloud-native distributed systems, on AWS.
• Experience with the Spring Boot framework.
• API development with GraphQL (Netflix DGS).
• Experience building and operating large-scale, high-performance, and resilient systems on a major cloud platform.

Backend Developer ID89121 Cartagena, BOL, co