Senior Node.js/TypeScript Backend Engineer — Remote & Flexible

Bluelight Consulting; Ciudad de México; Remote; MXN 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and bonuses

Generous paid-time-off

Flexible working hours

Work remotely

Continuing education and certs

Company-sponsored coursework

Job summary

Bluelight Consulting is seeking an experienced backend-focused software engineer to design and build low-latency RESTful APIs on AWS. You will contribute to scalable services, write efficient SQL, and collaborate with frontend teams to deliver high-quality applications.

The role requires 5+ years of experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and the ability to overlap US business hours while participating in a dynamic, growth-oriented consulting environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, backend-focused.
• Strong experience with Node.js, TypeScript and JavaScript.
• Experience building low-latency RESTful APIs on AWS.
• Experience with PostgreSQL/AuroraDB and RLS, multi-tenant environments.
• Ability to write raw SQL and manage migrations (node-postgres, node-pg-migrate).
• Proficient in React and end-to-end testing with real databases.
• Overlap US business hours; Bachelor's degree is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate across frontend and backend teams to deliver high-quality applications.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments on AWS.
• Engage in code reviews, testing, and production readiness activities.

Skills

Backend development

API design

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

PostgreSQL/AuroraDB

AWS

React

node-postgres

node-pg-migrate

CI/CD

Fargate/ECS

Job description

Bluelight Consulting is seeking an experienced backend-focused software engineer to design and build low-latency RESTful APIs on AWS. You will contribute to scalable services, write efficient SQL, and collaborate with frontend teams to deliver high-quality applications.

The role requires 5+ years of experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and the ability to overlap US business hours while participating in a dynamic, growth-oriented consulting environment.