Senior Node.js/TypeScript Backend Engineer (Remote)

Bluelight; Culiacán; Remote; MXN 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and bonuses

Paid time off

Flexible working hours

Remote work

Continuing education

Company-sponsored coursework

Job summary

Bluelight is seeking a senior backend engineer to join our expanding software consultancy. You will design and implement low-latency, secure APIs in AWS, work with PostgreSQL and migrations, and contribute to scalable, multi-tenant solutions.

A strong React familiarity and CI/CD experience are valued as you help drive high-quality, end-to-end development across complex systems. With a culture that emphasizes ownership, continuous learning, and collaboration, Bluelight offers flexible hours and

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

• Lead backend development efforts for high-performance services.
• Collaborate with frontend and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable APIs.
• Implement secure multi-tenant architectures and data isolation.
• Design and optimize SQL schemas and migrations.
• Ensure code quality with comprehensive tests and CI/CD pipelines.
• Integrate third-party services and AI-assisted development tools.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and performance tuning.

Skills

Backend development

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

Security best practices

CI/CD

SQL

Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

React

Docker

AWS Fargate

node-postgres

node-pg-migrate

Job description

Bluelight is seeking a senior backend engineer to join our expanding software consultancy. You will design and implement low-latency, secure APIs in AWS, work with PostgreSQL and migrations, and contribute to scalable, multi-tenant solutions.

A strong React familiarity and CI/CD experience are valued as you help drive high-quality, end-to-end development across complex systems. With a culture that emphasizes ownership, continuous learning, and collaboration, Bluelight offers flexible hours and