Sr. Backend Developer

Are you a highly creative and geeky developer looking for your next big challenge? Are you passionate about getting first hand experience on cutting-edge technology to revolutionize the future of work? Do you like to be face to face with abstract problems and break them down to plan out an attack strategy (solution)? Would you like to have a positive and meaningful professional impact over less experienced but super talented engineers? Are you eager to build technology with a broader impact, transforming millions of lives? If this is you, keep reading.

As a Sr, Backend Web Developer, you will design and deploy robust enterprise software capable of managing millions of daily transactions. You will enhance reliability with logging and monitoring, and also innovate processes and standards. You will also share your knowledge and experience with your teammates and collaborate with data scientists, bringing your passion for machine learning and AI.

The experience you should have

Although we value experience over specific language/technology domain, the following are the minimum hard-skills required

• 4+ years working with a modern programming language. Go and Python are preferred but not mandatory

• 2+ years of experience designing software and infrastructure

• 3+ years working with AWS or Google Cloud Platform or Azure

• Basic understanding of Linux or Unix systems and network concepts

• Proven experience guiding teams and individuals to make good technical decisions

• Proven record using Github Copilot and other GenAI tools to improve quality and speed of work

• Basic knowledge of Front End Technologies

Extra points if you have

• Experience working with enterprise-grade security standards

• Experience building and designing enterprise grade software solutions; including security best practices

• Proven experience guiding teams and individuals to make good technical decisions

• Experience or understanding of machine learning and AI

• Experience leading small teams of Software Engineers

What you will be working on

At Apli, you’ll participate in the process of building enterprise software solutions that transform how human talent is attracted, selected, and managed. You’ll help enterprise companies across Latin America and the United States to improve talent management at scale with machine learning and top-quality software. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, will be to write code, design engineering processes, break down problems, identify problems, push through unclear and unknown goals, and much more, all in collaboration with peer engineers.

You will be a fundamental part of the engineering organization’s success since your main responsibility on a daily basis will be to ensure that good software is shipped into production. To accomplish this, you will work closely with engineering management and team leaders to design, establish, and iterate engineering and product processes, while constantly improving your software design and architecture skills.

Bugs may be released from time to time, but should that occur, you will quickly put your hands back at the keyboard to resolve any issue with the help of your talented peers.

From fresh out of college to seasoned engineers and other peers from various teams will seek your advice, and you will guide them through their professional development.

Most of your time will be invested in code contributions as well as in software design and architecture. However, you will also spend a considerable amount of time planning, guiding, and supervising the development and release of new products and features.

The technology stack you will use

• Python; Django and Serverless

• Postgres, MongoDB, Redis, Elastic Search

• AWS Cloud; Compute, Store, Content Distribution and Security services

• GitHub, Copilot

• Google Workspace, Notion, ClickUp, Slack, Standuply, Donut, etc

What your responsibilities will be

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by a front-end developers with server side logic

• Building reusable code and libraries for future use

• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability

• Implementation of security and data protection

• Integration of 3rd party systems using Rest API calls

• Creating automated tests

Perks

Our career ladder will show you how you can progress to higher levels of responsibility and pay. Gender, race, religion, educational background or anything besides individual performance is not taken into account when assessing your growth.

We offer

• 18 days of Paid Time Off (vacation)

• Budget for courses, certifications and books

• Yearly bonus equivalent to 50% of one month

• Paid maternity and paternity leave

For people legally authorized to work in Mexico, we also offer

• Legally-mandatory benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance including dental, vision and overseas coverage

Who you are

We expect all team members to be passionate about their job and to keep creativity and innovation at the forefront.

• You love designing and shipping new products as much as iterating on existing ones

• You value team outcomes over individual contributions

• You’re focused and like to get challenging projects across the finish line

• You’ve strong organizational skills

• You’ve strong written communication skills

• You’re humble and curious

• You like to give and receive constructive feedback regularly

• You like to help your teammates with their career development

• You enjoy leading other people to results and are comfortable being accountable for team results

• You enjoy going back to basics if needed with one-off tasks

• You like to share what you learn

• You’d like to contribute to company’s culture

About Apli

Apli was named one of the most innovative companies in the world by FastCompany magazine and was selected by MIT as one of the leading companies in building the future of work. Apli's investors include top venture capital funds in Mexico, the United States, and Europe. 

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