Software Mind

Information Technology And Services

SeniorBackendEngineer

San José, San José Province, Costa Rica FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Backend Engineer at Software Mind. Skills: backend services, internal web applications, listing, enrichment, merchandising, high-quality, performant, and testable code. Focus on backend services and internal web applications for shoppers and operators for listing, enrichment, and merchandising.. Producing high-quality, performant, and testable code that directly contributes to company-wide initiatives.”

What You'll Achieve.

high-quality, performant, and testable code that directly contributes to company-wide initiatives.; Observability and reliability: learn from metrics and keep systems maintainable.

Industry & Context.

Information Technology And Services
Problems you'll solve

Enthusiasm for solving problems for our users with uses data and business context where it helps.

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3-5+ years of software engineering experience, Bachelor of Computer Science degree or equivalent experience

Nice to Have

Experience with JVM services (Java, Kotlin) in production, including common frameworks and tooling, and/or with web applications using JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and React., Experience integrating LLMs or managed AI APIs into backend or internal tooling (for example enrichment, classification, or human-in-the-loop review)., Experience building microservices integrated with neighboring teams or shared platforms., Experience building eCommerce platforms., Experience working with a CMS, especially Prismic., Experience with dashboards, monitoring, or incident response in production.

What You'll Do.

Focus on backend services and internal web applications for shoppers and operators for listing

Producing high-quality

and testable code that directly contributes to company-wide initiatives.

Develop using JVM (Java

handle data per policy.

Review pull requests and provide constructive feedback to your peers.

Pair up with a team member to work together on support onboarding where needed.

Deploy user-facing code to production responsibly.

Learn from metrics and keep systems maintainable.

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with product, design, and engineering leadership.; Act as a partner to product, engineering management, and stakeholders.; communication skills with product, stakeholders, and engineering peers.; Review pull requests and provide constructive feedback to your peers.; Pair up with a team member to work together on support onboarding where needed.; Experience building microservices integrated with neighboring teams or shared platforms.

Communication Scope

communication skills with product, stakeholders, and engineering peers.

Full Job Description

We are Software Mind, an awesome team of engineers who are ready to ramp up any top-notch company’s projects! Our aim? To always be one step ahead. Become part of a multicultural company in constant growth with an excellent work environment certified by Great Place To Work! Overview Software Mind is seeking qualified candidates to fill the role of Senior Backend Engineer. In addition to a competitive salary rate and a positive work environment, we are committed to delivering high-quality technology solutions. We also offer: * Flexible schedules * An authentic work-life balance * Payment in US Dollars About the role: Focus on backend services and internal tooling; web applications for shoppers and operators for listing, enrichment, and merchandising. Partner with product, design, and engineering leadership. You will be producing high-quality, performant, and testable code that directly contributes to company-wide initiatives. #LI-DNI ## Qualifications Some of the main responsibilities for the role include: - Develop using JVM (Java, Kotlin), Elixir, Ruby, React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Kafka, AWS/Lambda, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB; handle data per policy. - Have input into technical decisions that will shape the future of our software systems. - Learn something new, whether it's a new software design pattern or a new initiative to push the company forward. - Review pull requests and provide constructive feedback to your peers. - Pair up with a team member to work together on features; support onboarding where needed. - Deploy user-facing code to production responsibly. - Act as a strong partner to product, engineering management, and stakeholders. - Observability and reliability: learn from metrics and incidents; keep systems maintainable. Job Skills/Requirements - 3-5+ years of software engineering experience. - Strong communication skills with product, stakeholders, and engineering peers. - Understanding of reusable components / building component libraries when the role in

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