Senior Node.js/TypeScript Backend Engineer - Remote

Bluelight; Nezahualcóyotl; Remote; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and bonuses

Generous paid-time-off

Flexible working hours

Work remotely

Continuing education & certifications

Company-sponsored coursework

Job summary

Bluelight, a leading software consultancy, seeks a senior backend engineer to join its rapidly growing team. You will develop scalable backend services in Node.js and TypeScript, build low-latency APIs in AWS, and contribute to frontend tasks when needed.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and delivering high-quality software for diverse clients. You will work in a remote-friendly environment, with opportunities for professional growth, continued education, and performance-based

Qualifications

• 5+ years of 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 (node-postgres, node-pg-migrate).
• Professional experience with React.
• Strong testing practices, including integration tests against real databases and failure-mode testing.
• Experience with AI coding assistants as part of daily development.
• CI/CD application creation and maintenance skills.
• Solid understanding of full stack development, with ability to contribute to frontend work when needed.
• Background 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

• Design and implement backend services with a focus on performance and scalability.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and low-latency data pipelines.
• Collaborate with frontend teams using React for integrated solutions.
• Integrate external SDKs and services as needed.
• Ensure security and multi-tenant data isolation in systems.
• Write and maintain SQL schemas, migrations, and database tuning.
• Adopt CI/CD practices to automate deployments and testing.
• Contribute to architecture discussions and uphold best practices.
• Participate in code reviews and testing strategies.
• Work across time zones to overlap US business hours.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

AWS

RESTful APIs

SQL

PostgreSQL

AuroraDB

Security & multi-tenant

React

CI/CD

Full stack awareness

Problem-solving

Ownership & accountability

Overlapping US hours

Educational degree

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

node-postgres

node-pg-migrate

Fastify

Zod

AWS Fargate

ECS

Docker

Job description

Bluelight, a leading software consultancy, seeks a senior backend engineer to join its rapidly growing team. You will develop scalable backend services in Node.js and TypeScript, build low-latency APIs in AWS, and contribute to frontend tasks when needed.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and delivering high-quality software for diverse clients. You will work in a remote-friendly environment, with opportunities for professional growth, continued education, and performance-based