Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Driven & Remote (LATAM)

Engine; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Hybrid/Remote options

Job summary

Engine is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Backend, LATAM-focused, for a fully remote role. The position emphasizes designing greenfield services, replacing legacy code with scalable microservices and robust observability, using AI tools as the main development interface, and delivering complex systems with autonomy.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and AI teams, while adapting to shifting priorities in the travel tech domain.

Qualifications

• Experience with AI-enabled systems and large-scale backend services.
• Ability to design and articulate architecture decisions and tradeoffs.
• Proven track record delivering complex systems, not just features.

Responsibilities

• Drive backend design and implementation of greenfield services.
• Collaborate with PMs and other engineering teams to translate requirements into solutions.
• Leverage AI tools as primary development environment.
• Own projects, surface blockers, and maintain momentum.

Skills

AI fluency

System design

Proven delivery

Self-directed

Handling ambiguity

Adaptable

Communication

Tools

Java

Kotlin

SQL

Job description

Engine is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Backend, LATAM-focused, for a fully remote role. The position emphasizes designing greenfield services, replacing legacy code with scalable microservices and robust observability, using AI tools as the main development interface, and delivering complex systems with autonomy.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and AI teams, while adapting to shifting priorities in the travel tech domain.