Backend Engineer - Java/Kotlin, AWS, Spring Boot & GraphQL

AgileEngine, LLC.; Pereira; Hybrid; COP 291,290,000 - 453,118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth

Competitive compensation

Exciting projects

Flextime

Job summary

AgileEngine, LLC. is seeking a Backend Developer in Pereira, Colombia to design, build, and maintain scalable systems for a product‑led engineering team.

You will work with Java and/or Kotlin in Spring Boot, GraphQL, MongoDB Atlas, and Aurora MySQL on AWS, delivering compliant, cost‑efficient, observable solutions. You will tackle lower‑priority engineering tasks, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with cross‑functional partners to ensure robust designs and high quality software.

Qualifications

• 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 systems on a major cloud platform.

Responsibilities

• Take on lower‑priority engineering work the team lacks bandwidth for, including compliance and maintenance, cost‑savings, observability, and operational tool development.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, performant, and reliable software systems.
• Contribute to system architecture and design, validating solutions with data and experiments.
• Participate in code 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 engineers to clarify requirements and perform mid‑level design work, focusing on coding, testing, and documentation.

Skills

Backend development

Java/Kotlin

MongoDB Atlas

Aurora MySQL on AWS

Spring Boot

GraphQL DGS

AWS cloud

Tools

Terraform

Apache Kafka

SQS

gRPC

REST

Job description

AgileEngine, LLC. is seeking a Backend Developer in Pereira, Colombia to design, build, and maintain scalable systems for a product‑led engineering team.

You will work with Java and/or Kotlin in Spring Boot, GraphQL, MongoDB Atlas, and Aurora MySQL on AWS, delivering compliant, cost‑efficient, observable solutions. You will tackle lower‑priority engineering tasks, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with cross‑functional partners to ensure robust designs and high quality software.