Senior Node.js/TypeScript Backend Engineer - Remote

Bluelight; Bogotá; Remote; COP 283,965,000 - 378,621,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonuses

Paid time off

Flexible hours

Remote work

Education opportunities

Certifications

Job summary

Bluelight is a growing software consultancy seeking a senior backend developer with 5+ years of experience in Node.js/TypeScript to build low-latency AWS services and scalable RESTful APIs.

You will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, owning deliverables and contributing to frontend work when needed. The role requires overlap with US business hours and a strong focus on quality and client outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional software development experience (backend-focused).
• Strong professional experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript.
• Experience building low-latency API services in AWS.
• Experience building scalable RESTful APIs.
• Experience with SDK integrations to other services.
• Experience with PostgreSQL/AuroraDB, including Row-Level Security (RLS).
• Experience building secure multi-tenant environments.
• Comfortable writing raw SQL and managing schema migrations (e.g., node-postgres, node-pg-migrate).
• Professional experience with React.
• Strong testing practices, including integration tests against real databases and failure-mode/fault-injection testing.
• Experience working with AI coding assistants as part of daily development.
• CI/CD application creation and maintenance skills.
• Solid understanding of full stack development, with the ability to contribute to frontend work when needed.
• Substantial background working with large, complex systems.
• Ability to overlap US business hours.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Extreme ownership and accountability for deliverables.
• Client-focused dedication to team commitments.
• Best practices knowledge and adherence.
• Strong problem-solving ability.
• Positive mindset and can-do attitude.
• Meticulous attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality applications for clients.
• Contribute to backend and frontend as needed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust software.
• Ensure security, performance, and multi-tenant architecture.
• Maintain and evolve RESTful services and data models.
• Support CI/CD and automated testing pipelines.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

AWS

RESTful APIs

PostgreSQL

Row-Level Security

Multi-tenant

SQL

React

Testing

CI/CD

Full stack

Large systems

US hours

Bachelor's degree

Ownership

Client focus

Best practices

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

node-postgres

node-pg-migrate

Fastify

Zod

AWS Fargate

ECS

Job description

Bluelight is a growing software consultancy seeking a senior backend developer with 5+ years of experience in Node.js/TypeScript to build low-latency AWS services and scalable RESTful APIs.

You will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, owning deliverables and contributing to frontend work when needed. The role requires overlap with US business hours and a strong focus on quality and client outcomes.