Senior Node.js/TS Backend & Full-Stack Engineer — Remote

Bluelight; Cartagena de Indias; Remote; COP 378,621,000 - 567,931,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous PTO

Flexible hours

Work remotely

Education & certifications

Company-sponsored courses

Job summary

Bluelight is seeking a backend-focused software engineer to design and deliver scalable services for US and LATAM clients. You will work on Node.js/TypeScript applications, RESTful APIs, and data models within secure multi-tenant environments, collaborating with a cross-functional team in a fast-paced, growth-oriented setting.

The role emphasizes ownership, high-quality code, testing (integration tests against real databases), and the ability to align with US business hours.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development (backend-focused).
• Experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript.
• Experience building low-latency API services in AWS.
• Experience with PostgreSQL/AuroraDB and RLS.
• Ability to overlap US business hours.
• Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate on full-stack tasks including frontend when needed.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and tooling.
• Work across US clients with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

SQL

React

CI/CD

AWS

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

node-postgres

node-pg-migrate

Fastify

AWS Fargate

Job description

Bluelight is seeking a backend-focused software engineer to design and deliver scalable services for US and LATAM clients. You will work on Node.js/TypeScript applications, RESTful APIs, and data models within secure multi-tenant environments, collaborating with a cross-functional team in a fast-paced, growth-oriented setting.

The role emphasizes ownership, high-quality code, testing (integration tests against real databases), and the ability to align with US business hours.