Senior C Software Engineer (Colombia – Remote, Supporting U.S. Clients)

AMS DATASERFS is a boutique managed services provider with long experience supporting IT infrastructure and enabling complex hardware & silicon engineering teams within cutting edge technical companies. For nearly 20 years, AMS DataSerfs has tackled the most difficult IT infrastructure challenges confronting our partners as they create the experiences which amaze and delight the world.

We are seeking a talented and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our team. This role is for an experienced engineer who consistently delivers high‑quality systems, influences technical direction, and raises the bar for the team through example. The ideal candidate is a self-starter and eager to learn & mentor in a large, complex environment.

You will be working on an experienced, diverse, and highly effective team building and operating secure, compliant, and efficient hybrid cloud environments to empower hardware engineers to thrive. In collaboration with service owners, the team defines, discovers, tracks, and acts on development environments for our partner, a Fortune 50 company.

This is a hands-on individual contributor role. While it is not a formal leadership or management position, senior engineers in this role are expected to demonstrate technical leadership, mentorship, and end‑to‑end ownership of systems in production.

You will work closely with U.S.-based stakeholders, requiring strong English communication skills and the ability to operate effectively across time zones.

Responsibilities

Technical Ownership and Execution

- Own the design, implementation, and operation of significant DevTI services and
- components.
- Take responsibility for systems from design through production and ongoing support
- Make sound technical decisions that balance reliability, security, performance, and maintainability
- Write high‑quality, well‑tested production code
- Design and evolve scalable, fault‑tolerant systems
- Contribute meaningfully to architecture and design discussions
- Identify architectural risks and propose pragmatic improvements
- Help ensure systems are production‑ready, observable, and operable at scale




- Clearly document design decisions and approach

Technical Leadership

- Lead by example through code quality, ownership, and decision‑making
- Mentor and support other engineers through:
- Code reviews
- Design discussions
- Pairing and informal guidance
- Raise the technical bar by promoting best practices and sound engineering judgment.
- Help teammates succeed without relying on formal authority

Collaboration & Delivery

- Work closely with product, operations, and partner teams
- Translate business and product requirements into clear technical solutions
- Identify risks early and proactively surface tradeoffs
- Contribute to planning and execution to ensure predictable, high‑quality delivery

Required Qualifications - basic requirements to be considered

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent practical experience or occupational training).
- 8 years of professional experience in software engineering.
- 4 years of experience developing production systems at scale
- English proficiency, both written and verbal. IET/CEFR/Cambridge B2, TOEFL, or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications - what we're looking for

- Strong proficiency in systems programming in the C language
- Solid understanding of Distributed Systems, APIs, and Data pipelines
- Proven ability to own work end‑to‑end with minimal oversight
- Clear understanding and experience implementing microservice architectures in C
- Clear understanding and experience implementing message-oriented client/server systems in C
- Experience in security‑conscious or compliance‑driven environments
- Background in internal platforms, infrastructure, or developer tooling.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Bonus Experiences - ways to stand out





- Experience with Incident Management
- Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering principles
- Concern for Operational Readiness
- Experience with observability and telemetry platforms (OpenTelemetry, Kusto, Geneva)
- Understanding of hardware R&D; concerns
- Experience providing data to Grafana end points

Our Ideal Candidate

- Owns reliable, observable, and well-maintained systems
- Takes on complex problems with minimal direction
- Design solutions and writes code which raises the quality bar for their team
- Maintains and continually develops product and application knowledge
- Naturally champions secure processes and proselytizes best practices
- Is a natural mentor to those around them

What We Offer

- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunities for professional growth, advanced certifications, and specialization.
- Exposure to enterprise-scale Linux and hybrid cloud environments.
- A collaborative, innovative work culture that values open-source expertise.

Working Model

- Location: Colombia (Remote)

Schedule:

- Aligned partially with U.S. Pacific Time

Work Structure:

- Dedicated to one or more U.S.-based clients
- Integrated into general delivery team

Typical base pay for this role across Colombia is 8,000,000 to 10,500,000 COP per month.

This role is eligible for benefits.

AMS DataSerfs is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, contact us.

AMS DataSerfs will accept applications for this role on an ongoing basis.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: Remote

📌 Software Engineer C, Senior (Colombia)
🏢 AMS DataSerfs
📍 Colombia