Software Architect (AWS, NodeJS) - Remote, Latin America

Visa Hunt; Mexico; Hybrid; MXN 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with bonuses

Generous paid time off

Flexible working hours

Remote work option

Continued education & certifications

Certifications support

Job summary

Bluelight is a premier software consultancy seeking an experienced Software Architect to lead high-impact architecture decisions and mentor engineering teams. You will design low-latency AWS-based service architectures, enforce multi-tenant security models, and drive best practices across RESTful APIs and SDK integrations.

You will collaborate with clients to defend architecture choices during reviews and contribute to architecture documentation, ADRs, and technical roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 8+ years software development experience with architecture focus.
• Design low-latency AWS service architectures and distributed components.
• Latency budgets (p95/p99) and durable commits in hot paths.
• Audit/evidence systems with append-only logs and versioned models.
• Secure multi-tenant architectures; RLS considerations.
• Strong PostgreSQL/AuroraDB experience with RLS at model level.
• RESTful APIs and SDK integrations; architecture reviews.
• Node.js/TypeScript/JavaScript expertise across stack.
• Capacity modeling and AWS Well-Architected projections.
• Lead architectural standards and mentor teams.

Skills

Architectural leadership

Problem solving

Mentoring teams

Architecture reviews

Client communication

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

PostgreSQL

AuroraDB

Row-Level Security

Job description

Bluelight is a leading software consultancy dedicated to designing and developing innovative technology that enhances users' lives. With a steadfast commitment to delivering exceptional service to our clients, Bluelight excels in its focus on quality and customer satisfaction. Our mission is not only to create cutting-edge applications but also to foster a collaborative and enriching work environment where each team member can grow and thrive. With a presence across the United States and Central/South America, Bluelight is in an exciting phase of expansion, continually seeking exceptional talent to join its dynamic and diverse community.

We are looking for a skilled individual to join our rapidly growing team at Bluelight. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where everyone's opinions and efforts are valued and appreciated. You will have the opportunity to contribute to challenging and meaningful projects, developing high-quality applications that stand out in the market. We value continuous learning, personal growth, and hard work, offering a collaborative environment that promotes professional development.

Requirements

• 8+ years professional software development experience, with 3+ years in an architecture-focused role
• Deep experience designing low-latency service architectures in AWS, including judgment about when distributed components (queues, caches, search projections) earn their place
• Experience designing to explicit latency budgets (p95/p99), including synchronous durable commits in hot paths
• Experience designing audit/evidence systems: append-only event logs, versioned or bitemporal fact models, and deterministic historical replay
• Experience designing fail-open/fail-closed/degraded-state semantics and outage postures
• Proven experience architecting secure multi-tenant environments, including tradeoff analysis (RLS vs. schema-per-tenant vs. database-per-tenant)
• Deep experience with PostgreSQL/AuroraDB and Row-Level Security (RLS) at a data-modeling and architecture level
• Expertise in designing and building scalable RESTful APIs
• Experience architecting SDK integrations to other services
• Strong expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript across the stack
• Experience building capacity models and cloud cost/performance projections (AWS Well-Architected Framework)
• Experience establishing technical standards, conducting architecture and code reviews, and mentoring engineering teams
• Experience producing architecture documentation, diagrams, and technical decision records (ADRs)
• Experience presenting and defending architecture decisions in client engineering and security reviews
• Experience working with AI coding assistants as part of daily development
• Substantial background architecting large, complex systems end-to-end
• 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 and technical leadership skills
• Positive mindset and can-do attitude
• Meticulous attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in compliance-sensitive or regulated domains (e.g., TCPA/DNC, fintech decisioning, audit-heavy systems)
• Experience with event-driven design, message queues, and caching strategies at scale
• Advanced degree

Company Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonuses, including performance-based salary increases.
• Generous paid-time-off policy
• Flexible working hours
• Work remotely
• Continuing education, training, conferences
• Company-sponsored coursework, exams, and certifications

Being a consultant in our team is a fun, challenging, and rewarding career choice. Your contributions are highly valued by clients, and the work you do often has a direct and significant impact on their business.

You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects for our incredible clients, which will accelerate your career growth. You'll collaborate with modern technologies and work alongside some of the best professionals in the industry!

Originally posted on Himalayas