LATAM Backend Engineer - Founding Team, Equity, Impact

A5 Talent Finders; Mexico; Hybrid; MXN 1,013,000 - 1,520,000; Full time

Job summary

A5 Talent Finders is seeking a Backend Engineer to help architect and develop core systems for a cutting-edge legal platform. You will work with a founding engineering team to build scalable backend services using Python, Go, Rust, and WebAssembly.

Leverage AWS (Amplify, LightSail, Fargate) and design data architectures across PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and vector databases while influencing product direction as an early team member.

Qualifications

• Backend development with Python/Go/Rust.
• Experience building and deploying systems on AWS.
• Solid understanding of PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code.
• Thrive in a fast-paced startup with evolving priorities.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Interest in legal tech or regulatory space.

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable backend systems for the platform.
• Build cloud-native solutions on AWS.
• Manage data architecture across relational and NoSQL databases.
• Collaborate with founding engineers to ship features.
• Contribute to product strategy and technical direction.

Skills

Backend development (Python/Go/Rust)

AWS cloud

Relational/NoSQL databases

Clean code & testing

Technical communication

Startup environment adaptability

Tools

WebAssembly

Vector databases

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

AWS services (Amplify, LightSail, Fargate)

Job description

A5 Talent Finders is seeking a Backend Engineer to help architect and develop core systems for a cutting-edge legal platform. You will work with a founding engineering team to build scalable backend services using Python, Go, Rust, and WebAssembly.

Leverage AWS (Amplify, LightSail, Fargate) and design data architectures across PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and vector databases while influencing product direction as an early team member.