Senior Software Engineer

Capgemini Engineering; Bogotá; On-site; COP 60,000,000 - 120,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering is seeking a backend-focused software engineer with 3–5 years of experience to design, implement, and operate scalable systems in a cloud environment. You will work with Java/Kotlin, MongoDB Atlas, Aurora MySQL, Spring Boot, and GraphQL, contributing to reliable, high-performance services for diverse clients.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product managers, data scientists, and engineers, with a focus on code reviews, testing, and documentation in an AWS-based,

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional, backend-focused software development experience.
• Java and/or Kotlin proficiency.
• MongoDB Atlas or similar NoSQL experience.
• Aurora MySQL or equivalent relational DB experience.
• Cloud-native distributed systems on AWS.
• Spring Boot experience.
• GraphQL API development (Netflix DGS).
• Experience building and operating large-scale, high-performance, resilient systems.
• Strong English communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Take on lower-priority engineering work for the team, including compliance, maintenance, cost-savings, observability, and tooling.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, performant software systems.

Skills

Backend development

Java

Kotlin

NoSQL (MongoDB Atlas)

Relational DB (Aurora MySQL)

AWS

Spring Boot

GraphQL (Netflix DGS)

System reliability

English communication

Tools

Kafka/SQS

Terraform

Microservices

gRPC/REST

Job description

At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world’s mostinnovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life-saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as theyprovide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities. Where you can make a difference. Where no two days are the same.

Job Description

Scope of Work

• Take on lower-priority engineering work the team lacks bandwidth for, including compliance, engineering maintenance, cost-savings, observability, experiment clean-up, and operational tooling.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, performant, and reliable software systems.
• Contribute to system architecture and technical design, validating solutions through data and experimentation where appropriate.
• Participate in code and design reviews.
• Collaborate with software engineers, product managers, data scientists, and designers.
• Clarify requirements and perform mid-level design work, focusing on coding, testing, and documentation.

Must-Have Skills

• 3–5 years of professional, backend-focused software development experience.
• Java and/or Kotlin.
• MongoDB Atlas or similar modern NoSQL database experience.
• Aurora MySQL on AWS or similar relational database experience.
• Cloud-native distributed systems on AWS.
• Spring Boot.
• GraphQL API development (Netflix DGS).
• Experience building and operating large-scale, high-performance, resilient systems.
• Strong English communication and collaboration skills.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Event-driven system development with Kafka and/or SQS.
• AI-assisted coding experience.
• Terraform.
• Microservices.
• gRPC and REST API development.

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.