Full Stack and Backend NodeJS TypeScript/JavaScript Engineer (Senior) - Remote, Latin America

bluelightconsulting; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote position

Continuing education support

Generous PTO and performance bonuses

Job summary

Bluelight Consulting seeks a senior backend/full-stack engineer for a fully remote role focused on high-quality, low-latency web apps for Latin American clients. You will work on RESTful APIs with Node.js/TypeScript, and contribute to frontend tasks as needed within a fast-paced consultancy.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of backend experience, strong Node.js/TypeScript skills, and depth with AWS, PostgreSQL, and secure multi-tenant models.

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend-focused software development experience.
• Experience with Node.js/TypeScript/React in production.
• Experience building low-latency APIs on AWS with PostgreSQL/AuroraDB and RLS.
• Ability to overlap US business hours and own complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain low-latency RESTful API services on AWS.
• Develop backend systems using Node.js, TypeScript, and SQL databases.
• Implement secure multi-tenant data models and integrate external SDKs.
• Contribute to React frontend when needed.
• Authors CI/CD pipelines and tests against real databases.
• Use AI coding assistants and uphold code quality standards.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

React

AWS

PostgreSQL/AuroraDB

Row-Level Security

CI/CD

Testing

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS Fargate/ECS

SQL & migrations

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Role overview

This is a senior, remote full stack and backend opportunity focused on building high-quality, low-latency web applications for consulting clients across Latin America. The role blends backend depth in Node.js with the ability to contribute to frontend work, sitting inside a fast-paced consultancy that prizes ownership, craftsmanship, and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain low-latency, scalable RESTful API services on AWS.
• Develop backend systems using Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript, including raw SQL, schema migrations, and PostgreSQL/AuroraDB with Row-Level Security.
• Implement secure multi-tenant data models and integrate external SDKs into core services.
• Contribute to React-based frontend code as project needs dictate.
• Author and maintain CI/CD pipelines, integration tests against real databases, and failure-mode / fault-injection test suites.
• Use AI coding assistants as part of daily development workflows and uphold strong testing and code-quality standards.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional, backend-focused software development experience.
• Strong production experience with Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, and React.
• Hands-on experience building low-latency APIs on AWS, with PostgreSQL/AuroraDB and Row-Level Security.
• Comfort writing raw SQL, managing schema migrations, and working with secure multi-tenant environments.
• Solid CI/CD skills and experience with AI coding assistants in daily work.
• Bachelor's degree, ability to overlap US business hours, and a track record of ownership, accountability, and attention to detail on complex systems.

Nice to have

• Experience with append-only, event-sourced, or bitemporal data models.
• Familiarity with Fastify and schema-first validation such as Zod.
• Background running containerized services on AWS Fargate/ECS.
• Exposure to compliance-sensitive or audit-heavy domains like fintech or telecom/TCPA compliance.

Benefits and work setup

• Competitive salary with performance-based increases and bonuses.
• Generous paid time off and flexible working hours.
• Fully remote position.
• Continuing education support, including training, conferences, and sponsored coursework, exams, and certifications.