Senior Software Engineer - Python/Elixir SaaS Growth Role

Alert Media, Inc.; Ciudad de México; Hybrid; MXN 1,500,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Company Bonus

Employer-Paid Medical, Dental, Vision

Generous Vacation Policy

Monthly Work-from-Home Stipend

Job summary

AlertMedia is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong backend experience in Python/Elixir to contribute across the full stack. You’ll design features for our risk intelligence platform, learn the platform’s capabilities, and leverage AI tools to enhance productivity.

This role emphasizes architectural ownership and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a fast-growing SaaS environment. The position is fully remote within Mexico, with optional collaboration space in Mexico City.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
• Experience building scalable production apps in Python/Elixir.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS) and modern tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop features for the AlertMedia product suite.
• Learn the platform and how it serves customers.
• Use AI-enabled tools to support development and productivity.
• Work in an Agile environment using Git, JIRA, Jenkins, Slack.
• Identify opportunities to improve products, architecture, and practices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering and product teams.
• Contribute to AlertMedia's culture and strategic direction.

Skills

AI-augmented engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Architectural ownership

Full-stack breadth

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

PostgreSQL

Redis

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Python/Elixir SaaS Growth Role in Wilmington

Career Level & Market Positioning: This is a genuine Senior Engineer role requiring 6+ years of experience — not inflated. AlertMedia is a PE-backed, high-growth SaaS company with 4,000+ enterprise clients, which signals stability and scaling challenges that sharpen senior engineering skills. The dual Python/Elixir stack is relatively rare and valuable, as Elixir expertise commands a market premium globally.

Skills Development: This role offers strong growth across:

• AI-augmented engineering — daily use of Claude, Codex, and emerging tools positions you ahead of the curve in an AI-first engineering culture
• Cloud infrastructure — AWS, Docker, Kubernetes experience in a production-grade SaaS environment
• Architectural ownership — explicit expectation to make architectural decisions and drive initiatives from design to implementation
• Full-stack breadth — Python/Elixir backend plus Next.js/React frontend exposure

Culture Signals: "Best Workplace for 10 Years in a Row" is a meaningful green flag, as is the 1:1 career development investment and mentorship culture. The language immersion program signals a genuinely international team. The fast-paced framing appears twice — a mild yellow flag for work-life balance, though the generous PTO and WFH stipend offset this.

Compensation: No salary range is published, which is increasingly a red flag in a transparent market. Candidates should benchmark against US-company-paying-Mexico-rates norms and negotiate accordingly — typically 20–40% above local market for PE-backed US SaaS companies hiring in LATAM.

Do work that matters.

At AlertMedia , we help organizations protect their people, operations, and brand. Our modern Risk Intelligence and Response platform empowers teams to detect emerging threats, assess impact, and respond with confidence. We believe building resilience should be simpler—and it starts with bringing critical information and workflows together in one unified platform.

Our core values drive us in our important mission of keeping people safe & informed:

• We're humans not robots
• Customers always come first
• We work better together
• Simplicity is our strength
• Our reputation is priceless
• Hard work pays off

As one of the fastest-growing software companies in the country, AlertMedia is looking for a Sr. Software Engineer with strong backend engineering experience and the ability to contribute across the full stack. This role is an opportunity to use a wide variety of design and technical web skills to help us develop and support features for the AlertMedia product suite. As an AI-forward company, we actively use modern AI tools such as Claude, Codex, and other emerging technologies to help our engineers work smarter, move faster, and build better products.

Who you are:

You thrive in a collaborative engineering environment that plays to everyone's strengths with a willingness to work across the entire stack. You have experience developing scalable production applications using modern backend technologies, ideally Python or Elixir. You care about the quality of your work, the impactful product you help build, and the team you help build it with. You have AWS (or other cloud) experience and are willing to learn from people with both more and less experience than you. You are a user of AI-assisted development tools that improve engineering workflows, code quality, and team productivity.

What you get to do every day:

• Design and develop features for the AlertMedia product suite
• Learn the AlertMedia platform and tools, and its uses for our customers
• Use AI-enabled tools such as Claude, Codex, and other emerging platforms to support development, problem-solving, documentation, and productivity
• Work in an Agile-based environment using tools like Git, JIRA, Jenkins, and Slack
• Contribute to technical innovation by identifying opportunities to improve our products, architecture, and engineering practices
• Use strong verbal and written communication skills in collaboration with other engineering and product teams
• Contribute to AlertMedia's culture, values and vision for the future

What you bring to the role:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field preferred
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and writing unit and integration tests
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience developing, deploying, and maintaining applications in AWS or similar cloud environments
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar database and caching technologies
• Experience making architectural decisions, evaluating technical tradeoffs, and owning engineering initiatives from design through implementation
• Active user of AI tools and modern developer platforms to enhance engineering quality, velocity, and collaboration
• Collaborative mindset to partner with principal engineers and leadership to drive architectural evolution for a critical application
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage working on multiple projects in parallel
• The ability and desire to work in a fast-paced challenging environment
• Outstanding communication skills and ability to effectively work cross-functionally
• Strong English proficiency (written and oral) is required

Location: This role is remote in Mexico. We also have an office in the Reforma area of Mexico City for employees who prefer to collaborate in person.

Sponsorship: AlertMedia does not provide employment sponsorship. Candidates must have the legal right to work in Mexico without sponsorship now or in the future.

Why you'll love working at AlertMedia:

• Competitive Base Salary (Bi-Monthly payroll)
• Annual Company Bonus
• 100% Employer-Paid Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Parental Leave Program
• Generous Vacation and Holiday Policy
• Additional Vacation Bonus
• Monthly Work-from-Home Stipend
• All Necessary Equipment Provided: Laptop, monitor and accessories
• Recognition & Rewards: We celebrate wins big and small
• Language Immersion Program with employees spread out across the globe (English, Spanish, etc. depending on your interest)
• Continuous Learning & Growth: From mentorship and tech talks to personalized 1:1 career development sessions, we're deeply committed to investing in your professional journey
• Award Winning Culture: We're proud to be recognized as BEST WORKPLACE FOR 10 YEARS IN A ROW
• The Work & People: We're passionate about the meaningful work we do—and even more grateful for the incredible people we get to do it with!

About AlertMedia:

We are the leading risk intelligence and response platform — trusted by the largest companies in the world to protect their people and assets when it matters most. We are a high-growth, PE-backed SaaS company with more than 4,000 clients scaling rapidly across the globe. Our technology is unmatched with a unified platform, a 7+ year history of AI innovation, a customer NPS of 70+, and a culture that sets us even further apart from our competition.

We are an equal opportunity employer focused on creating a collaborative and exciting place for all to work. Ensuring a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace for all people is key to our success and core to our values. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

This is an amazing opportunity to be part of our wave of momentum and take our company, and your career, to the next growth stage. We'd love to get to know you better and share how we serve our amazing customers. For more information, please visit www.alertmedia.com .

Come join us in our mission to save lives and minimize loss through effective communication.

Is this role truly remote or do I need to go into an office? The role is fully remote within Mexico. AlertMedia does have an optional office in the Reforma area of Mexico City for employees who prefer in-person collaboration, but it is not required. Can I apply if I am a non-Mexican citizen working in Mexico? You can apply if you have the legal right to work in Mexico without sponsorship, now or in the future. AlertMedia does not provide employment sponsorship for this position. What programming languages and technologies does this role use daily? The primary backend languages are Python and Elixir, with JavaScript, Next.js, and React on the frontend. You will work with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Redis, and AI tools like Claude and Codex. What does AlertMedia provide in terms of equipment and home office support? AlertMedia provides all necessary equipment including a laptop, monitor, and accessories, plus a monthly Work-from-Home stipend to support your remote setup. What level of experience is required for this Senior Software Engineer role? The role requires 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable production applications, preferably with Python, Django, Elixir, or JavaScript.

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