Senior Software Engineer - Scale Production Systems (Remote)

Platzi; Puerto Bogotá; Remote; COP 120,000,000 - 180,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Villa Platzi

Maternity/Paternity Leave

15 days vacation

Online Therapy

Option Pool

Kindle books

Job summary

Platzi is the largest technology school in the Hispanic world with millions of students and thousands of partner companies. As a Senior Software Engineer you will design and own the systems behind the product, including data models and services that scale and recover from failures, tied to the needs of a large user base.

You will work closely with the Growth Marketing team and report to the Engineering Manager.

Qualifications

• 5+ years deploying and operating software in production.
• Strong data modeling, APIs, performance and failure modes.
• Experience with scaling systems through migrations.
• Ability to balance business needs with technical tradeoffs.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable services and data models.
• Own production systems: performance, reliability, cost.
• Make architecture decisions and avoid unnecessary complexity.
• Use AI/LLMs to speed design and review, evaluating outputs.
• Lead code reviews and enforce coding standards.

Skills

System design

Data modeling

APIs

Performance

Concurrency

English & Spanish

Shipping software

Job description

About Us

Platzi is the largest technology school in the Hispanic world with over 7 million students and 4,000 companies trusting us to deliver effective online education. Our mission is to make Latin America a technology superpower. We do it by training companies and individuals in areas such as AI, Cybersecurity, English, Programming and Leadership.

As an industry leader, our presence is highlighted by our massive and fanatic community, extensive press coverage and a daily stream of success stories from students. We operate mostly remote, with key offices in Bogotá, Medellín and Mexico City.

Summary

As a Senior Software Engineer at Platzi you build and own the systems behind the product millions of students use in Latin America: the data model, the services, how they behave under load, and how they recover when they break. You work very close to the Growth Marketing team, and you report to the Engineering Manager. Seniority here means judgment, not distance from the code. You take an ambiguous problem and come back with a decision you can defend, including the decision not to build, and you care about what your code costs to run and to maintain a year from now, not only about getting it merged.

Responsibilities

• Design and build services, data models and interfaces that hold up as the product and the traffic grow.
• Own what you build in production: performance, reliability, cost, and how it recovers when it breaks.
• Make architecture decisions you can defend, and say no to complexity that doesn't pay for itself.
• Use AI and LLMs to go faster on design, implementation and review, and review what they produce as strictly as your own code.
• Raise the bar around you through code review, standards, and the calls that stop bad decisions early.

Requirements

• At least 5 years shipping and operating software in production, with real depth in system design.
• Strong fundamentals: data modeling, APIs, performance, concurrency and failure modes.
• You've owned a system through real scale or a migration, and can explain what you'd do differently now.
• You can weigh a technical decision against what the business needs, and explain the tradeoff to people who don't code.
• Fluent English and Spanish.

💻 Hardware

With Platzi's help, you will have 100% of the necessary work tools such as a laptop, smartphone, desk, ergonomic chair, monitor, and other accessories.

📗 Books

We provide you with all the books you need to grow professionally on Kindle, and we give you the Kindle too 😉.

🐣 Maternity/Paternity Leave

At Platzi, we believe in gender equity and the importance of parents in the upbringing and care of their children. We make this a reality for new mothers and fathers through extended maternity and paternity leave.

💸 Option Pool

All members of the Platzi Team have the opportunity to own a part of Platzi and have company shares.

🌴 Vacation

You have 15 days of vacation per year regardless of the country you are in, starting from the moment you join the team.

💆♂️ Online Therapy

We care about your emotional health by covering the first four online therapy sessions with specialized companies.

🌐 Team Syncs

Although we are in different parts of the world, Platzi teams meet in person during the year to exchange ideas, build, and strengthen bonds.

🏖️ Villa Platzi

Every year, the entire team gathers somewhere in the world for a week to meet face-to-face, get to know each other, have interesting discussions, and plan ambitious projects.