This is a great opportunity for an engineer who enjoys working with high-load, low-latency systems and real-time data, while having an interest in financial markets and trading technologies.
What You’ll Do
- Lead backend feature development using Python/Django and Go for trading simulation workflows.
- Design, document, and maintain APIs consumed by frontend applications.
- Build scalable backend logic for trading, risk, and account-related operations.
- Collaborate with frontend engineers to ensure consistent data structures and seamless integrations.
- Integrate third-party services, including payment providers.
- Write comprehensive unit and integration tests following strong engineering standards.
- Deploy and validate services in Kubernetes development and testing environments.
- Support minor UI features and bug fixes using React and Next.js when needed.
- Participate in technical design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions.
- Mentor other team members and share technical knowledge.




- Troubleshoot production and pre-production issues to ensure platform stability.

What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in backend or full-stack software development.
- Strong expertise in Python and Django and experience designing scalable backend services.
- Practical experience with Go, particularly for microservices or backend components.
- Solid knowledge of relational databases, especially PostgreSQL.
- Experience designing and consuming API contracts for frontend applications.
- Basic development experience with React and Next.js.
- Experience working with trading platforms or financial systems, or a strong understanding of trading concepts such as tick, bid, ask, buy, and sell.
- Experience integrating payment systems such as Worldpay or similar providers.
- Understanding of Kubernetes deployments in development or testing environments.
- Strong testing discipline, including unit and integration test coverage aligned with Definition of Done.
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📌 Senior Backend Engineer – Python/Django (Colombia)
🏢 Sombra
📍 Colombia