Senior Node.js/TypeScript Backend Engineer — Remote

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and bonuses

Generous paid-time-off policy

Flexible working hours

Work remotely

Continuing education, training, and/or

Job summary

Bluelight in Valladolid, Mexico, is seeking an experienced backend-focused software engineer to design and build scalable APIs and services for clients in a fast-paced consultancy environment.

You will work with Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, AWS, PostgreSQL, and modern frontend tech, collaborating across teams, maintaining high quality, and embracing ownership, continuous learning, and flexible remote-friendly policies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional software development experience (backend-focused).
• Strong professional experience with Node.js, Type Script, and Java Script.
• Experience building low-latency API services in AWS.
• Experience building scalable RESTful APIs.
• Experience With SDK Integrations To Other Services.
• Experience with Postgre SQL/Aurora DB, 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

• Develop backend services and APIs to support client applications.
• Design scalable, secure multi-tenant architectures.
• Collaborate with frontend teams and stakeholders to deliver end-to-end features.
• Implement SDK integrations with external services and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure high test coverage and resilience through integration tests.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

REST APIs

SQL

React

CI/CD

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PostgreSQL/Aurora

node-postgres

node-pg-migrate

Fastify

Zod

AWS Fargate/ECS

Job description

Bluelight in Valladolid, Mexico, is seeking an experienced backend-focused software engineer to design and build scalable APIs and services for clients in a fast-paced consultancy environment.

You will work with Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, AWS, PostgreSQL, and modern frontend tech, collaborating across teams, maintaining high quality, and embracing ownership, continuous learning, and flexible remote-friendly policies.