Senior Backend Developer

Location:
Bogota

Employment Type:
Full-time

About The Role
We are looking for a highly experienced
Senior Backend Developer
with deep expertise in
Python
and
microservices architecture
, strong knowledge of distributed systems design, and proven experience with
cloud infrastructures (AWS and Azure)
. The ideal candidate understands modern software architecture, how platform components interconnect, and can design scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions from scratch. This role requires technical autonomy, systemic thinking, and a mindset focused on performance and code quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain decoupled, resilient, and scalable microservices ensuring high availability and performance.
• Implement distributed architectures and service-oriented design patterns (SOA, DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing).
• Develop secure and optimized REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Implement advanced authentication and authorization (JWT, OAuth2, OpenID Connect).
• Design cloud-based solutions (AWS and/or Azure), including deployments, networking, security, and auto-scaling.
• Integrate cloud services (S3, ECS, Lambda, Azure Functions, App Service, etc.).
• Build robust and automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Design and maintain messaging and queue systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS/SQS, Azure Service Bus).
• Collaborate closely with frontend, QA, and DevOps teams for efficient delivery.
• Apply SOLID, Clean Architecture, and KISS principles for maintainable and clear code.
• Conduct code reviews, mentor team members, and promote world-class engineering standards.

Technical Requirements
Languages & Frameworks

• Expert-level Python (async, concurrency, performance optimization, design patterns).
• Frameworks: FastAPI, Flask, or Django REST Framework.
• Advanced knowledge of typing, testing, profiling, and refactoring.

Architecture & Cloud

• Proven experience with AWS (ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, API Gateway, IAM).
• Proven experience with Azure (App Service, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Service Bus, DevOps Pipelines).
• Distributed, scalable, and secure architecture design.
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep).
• Implementation of circuit breakers, health checks, and fallback patterns.

DevOps & Microservices

• Containerization with Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes.
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK, or Datadog.
• Event-driven systems and asynchronous messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS/SQS).

Databases

• PostgreSQL, MySQL (normalization, indexing, query optimization).
• MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB, CosmosDB (NoSQL and caching).
• ORM: SQLAlchemy, Prisma, or Tortoise ORM.

Security & Best Practices

• Secret management and environment variables.
• OWASP practices, rate limiting, CORS, input sanitization.
• Secure horizontal/vertical scaling strategies.

Ideal Profile

• 6+ years of backend development experience with Python and 2 years leading tech teams.
• Strong foundation in software architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience designing solutions in multi-cloud environments (AWS + Azure).
• Ability to lead technical decisions and guide the team.
• Familiarity with Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
• Excellent communication and technical documentation skills.
• High analytical ability, critical thinking, and ownership mindset.

Soft Skills

• Business-oriented technical mindset.
• Technical leadership and mentoring capability.
• Clear and proactive communication.
• Continuous improvement and learning attitude.
• Ability to work under agile methodologies with a focus on value delivery.

Apply Now
and join a team committed to building scalable, secure, and innovative solutions

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