Senior Node.js/TypeScript Backend Engineer — Remote + Growth

Bluelight; Palmira; Remote; COP 189,310,000 - 283,965,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous PTO

Flexible hours

Remote work

Education & certifications

Conferences

Job summary

Bluelight is seeking a senior backend-focused software engineer to join its rapidly growing consultancy. You will build low-latency API services in AWS, work across a full stack, and contribute to secure, multi-tenant environments while collaborating with a diverse team.

You will leverage Node.js, TypeScript, React, and modern testing/CI/CD practices to deliver high-quality applications for clients, while embracing a culture of learning and professional growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional software development experience (backend-focused).
• Strong 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop backend services using Node.js/TypeScript.
• Build low-latency, scalable RESTful APIs on AWS.
• Maintain secure, multi-tenant data environments.
• Collaborate across backend, frontend, and AI-assisted tooling to deliver high-quality software.
• Participate in CI/CD pipelines and deployments.
• Contribute to frontend work when needed and mentor teammates.

Skills

5+ yrs exp

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

AWS

REST APIs

PostgreSQL/RLS

Multi-tenant

SQL

React

Testing

CI/CD

Full stack

AI coding

US hours

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS Fargate/ECS

Fastify

Zod

Docker

node-postgres

Job description

Bluelight is seeking a senior backend-focused software engineer to join its rapidly growing consultancy. You will build low-latency API services in AWS, work across a full stack, and contribute to secure, multi-tenant environments while collaborating with a diverse team.

You will leverage Node.js, TypeScript, React, and modern testing/CI/CD practices to deliver high-quality applications for clients, while embracing a culture of learning and professional growth.