Senior Backend Engineer (Ingeniero Backend Senior) - Remote

Clara; Mexico; On-site; PHP 4,307,692 - 5,846,153; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and stock options (ESOP)

Annual learning budget

Flexible vacation policy

Job summary

Clara is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer in Pampanga, Mexico, to lead the design and implementation of internal systems. This role involves building integration platforms, collaborating across product lifecycles, and maintaining microservices.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of backend development experience, a solid foundation in Java and Spring Boot, and familiarity with microservices architecture. Clara offers a competitive salary, stock options, and a flexible hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience in production environments.
• Strong foundation in Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience with microservices and event-driven systems.
• Familiarity with AWS and modern development tools.
• Ability to communicate technical discussions in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of high-impact internal systems.
• Build integration platforms for Clara and AI agents.
• Collaborate throughout product lifecycle utilizing CI/CD and GitHub.
• Conduct code reviews and share knowledge with peers.
• Maintain and evolve microservices within a modern architecture.

Skills

Backend development

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices architecture

Event-driven systems

AWS

English language proficiency

Spanish language proficiency

Job description

Senior Backend Engineer – ClarOps

Responsibilities

• Leading design and implementation for high-impact internal systems and services.
• Building the integration platform and surfaces that let other teams across Clara, and AI agents, connect into the ClarOps backend.
• Collaborating across the full product lifecycle, from ideation to deployment, utilizing CI/CD and GitHub best practices.
• Elevating the team through code reviews, pairing, and sharing what you know with peers.
• Maintaining and evolving microservices within a modern architecture.
• Driving cross-team problem solving and architectural discussions.
• Applying AI tools to ship faster and improve how the team works.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience, showing proven role-specific execution in production environments.
• Solid foundation in Java and Spring Boot. You don't need to have every API memorized — we expect you to lean on AI tools to move faster and fill gaps — but you need the judgment to know when the code is right, when it's wrong, and why.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and event-driven systems using infrastructure components like Kafka.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and modern development tooling.
• Working proficiency in English and Spanish, with the ability to lead technical discussions across geographies.
• High autonomy, proactivity, and ownership mindset. You don't wait for direction — you spot what needs to happen and drive it.
• A genuine pull toward AI. You don't need to be an expert, but you're actively experimenting with AI tools in your day-to-day work, keep up with where the space is going, and are eager to apply it to how we build. At Clara, AI is part of how we work, not a side topic.
• Adaptability to fast-changing, high-growth environments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience or interest in using AI tools to automate internal engineering workflows.
• Experience exposed to internal data architectures utilizing Databricks or Metabase for system tracking.
• Independent analytical skills using spreadsheets or SQL to diagnose and resolve backend processing bottlenecks.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and stock options (ESOP) from day one.
• Multicultural team with daily exposure to Portuguese, Spanish, and English (our corporate language).
• Annual learning budget and internal accelerated development paths.
• High-ownership environment: we move fast, learn fast, and raise the bar — together.
• Smart, ambitious teammates — low ego, high impact.
• Flexible vacation and hybrid work model focused on results.

Work Environment and Policies

Clara's Hybrid Policy: Claridians in a hybrid mode split their time between working from the office, talking to or visiting customers, or working from home. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for each individual and team. We don't enforce a minimum number of days for most roles, but you're expected to spend time at the office organically, and be at the office most days during your ramp‑up or when required by your leader.