Senior Java Backend Engineer — Scale Real Estate APIs

Brillio; Región Centro; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Brillio is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale core backend services powering real estate platforms. You will focus on high‑performance systems using Java and Node.js, delivering robust APIs and microservices with strong data layers.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate across distributed teams, and drive architectural decisions while ensuring security, testing, and deployment best practices across the stack.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency with Java and object-oriented design, concurrency, and performance optimization.
• Proven experience building backend services, microservices, and APIs in Node.js.
• Strong working knowledge of PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and Redis.
• Deep familiarity with server-side architecture, microservices patterns, and API design.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native development on AWS (ECS, Lambda, SQS, API Gateway, DynamoDB).
• Solid understanding of networking and security fundamentals (DNS, load balancing, caching, authentication, encryption).
• Demonstrated track record of mentoring other engineers and leading technical design initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable backend services, microservices, and APIs using Java and Node.js.
• Collaborate across distributed engineering teams, contributing through code reviews, architectural discussions, and agile planning.
• Take ownership of critical backend components, databases, and data infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, and extensibility.
• Establish and enforce best practices for server-side code quality, system testing, security, and deployment.
• De-risk complex system evolution by delivering resilient backend features with automated testing and monitoring.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, fostering technical growth and engineering best practices.
• Communicate system design decisions, trade-offs, and roadmaps to stakeholders and leadership.

Skills

7+ years backend

Java proficiency

Node.js experience

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Redis

Microservices architecture

AWS

API design

Security basics

Mentoring

Tools

Elasticsearch

Thrift

gRPC

Terraform

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Monorepos

Bazel

Kafka

Kinesis

SQS

Job description

Brillio is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale core backend services powering real estate platforms. You will focus on high‑performance systems using Java and Node.js, delivering robust APIs and microservices with strong data layers.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate across distributed teams, and drive architectural decisions while ensuring security, testing, and deployment best practices across the stack.