Senior Fullstack Engineer (Golang/React) — Remote & High-Impact

Kake; Colombia; Remote; COP 377,632,000 - 566,447,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive USD pay

Fully remote work

Better Me Fund

Social impact community

Job summary

Kake is a remote-first, people-first global community of senior engineers. We are looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer to join a high-scale product engineering team building critical user experiences used by millions worldwide.

You will work across the stack, developing scalable backend services and modern frontend applications, collaborating with product, design, platform, and infra teams. Join a culture where great people grow, thrive, and contribute to highly visible product areas.

Qualifications

• Strong experience building high-performance, scalable applications using Golang and modern frontend technologies.
• Professional experience building frontend applications using React.js, Next.js, and GraphQL.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices architectures, and event-driven systems.
• Hands-on experience with technologies such as Kafka, SQS, Airflow, MongoDB, and/or Snowflake.
• Strong experience building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Production experience with Kubernetes, including deployment, monitoring, and resource management.
• Proven track record of delivering reliable systems in high-traffic, large-scale environments.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders in a cross-functional environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to work independently in a remote, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Golang.
• Develop and optimize distributed systems that support high-volume, mission-critical workloads.
• Build and enhance user-facing applications using React, Next.js, and GraphQL.
• Design and implement cloud-native solutions on AWS with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Work with data and messaging systems such as MongoDB, Snowflake, Kafka, SQS, and Airflow.
• Deploy, monitor, and maintain production services running on Kubernetes.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, frontend, platform, and infrastructure teams to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Improve platform observability, reliability, and operational excellence through automation and performance optimization.
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to technical decisions across frontend and backend systems.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive long-term improvements to system stability and scalability.

Skills

Distributed systems

Microservices

Event-driven systems

Remote collaboration

English communication

Tools

Golang

React.js

Next.js

GraphQL

Kafka

SQS

Airflow

MongoDB

Snowflake

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Kake is a remote-first, people-first global community of senior engineers. We are looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer to join a high-scale product engineering team building critical user experiences used by millions worldwide.

You will work across the stack, developing scalable backend services and modern frontend applications, collaborating with product, design, platform, and infra teams. Join a culture where great people grow, thrive, and contribute to highly visible product areas.