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AgileEngine is an Inc. 5000 company that creates award-winning software for Fortune 500 brands and trailblazing startups across 17+ industries. We rank among the leaders in areas like application development and AI/ML, and our people-first culture has earned us multiple Best Place to Work awards.

WHY JOIN US

If you're looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we'd love to meet you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a
Backend Developer to design, build, and maintain scalable systems for a Product-led engineering team. This person works in Java and/or Kotlin with Spring Boot, GraphQL, MongoDB, and Aurora MySQL on AWS, covering everything from operational tooling to system architecture. Comfort picking up compliance, cost-savings, and observability work matters here.

The mandatory requirements are 3+ years of backend-focused software development experience, proficiency in Java and/or Kotlin, experience with Spring Boot, GraphQL, MongoDB, Aurora MySQL, and AWS, and an upper-intermediate English level.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

- Take on lower-priority engineering work the team lacks bandwidth for, including compliance and engineering maintenance, cost-savings, observability, experiment clean-up, and operational tool development.

- Design, build,



and maintain scalable, performant, and reliable software systems.

- Contribute to system architecture and technical design, validating solutions through data and experimentation where appropriate.

- Participate in code reviews and design reviews to maintain high engineering standards.

- Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, including software engineers, product managers, data scientists, and designers.

- Partner with a Product Manager and fellow engineers to clarify requirements and perform mid-level design work, focusing primarily on coding, testing, and documentation.

MUST HAVES

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3+ years of professional, backend-focused software development experience.

- Proficiency in
Java and/or Kotlin .

- Proficiency in a modern NoSQL database,
MongoDB on Atlas .

- Proficiency in a modern relational database,
Aurora MySQL on AWS .

- Experience building
cloud-native distributed systems on AWS .

- Experience with the
Spring Boot framework.

- API development with
GraphQL (Netflix DGS) .

- Experience building and operating large-scale, high-performance, and resilient systems on a major cloud platform.

- Upper-intermediate English level.

NICE TO HAVES

- Event-driven system development, ideally with Apache Kafka and/or SQS.

- AI-assisted coding experience.

- Terraform.

- Experience building microservices.

- API development with gRPC and REST.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

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Professional growth : Mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps.

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Competitive compensation : USD-based pay with education, fitness, and team activity budgets.

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Exciting projects : Modern solutions with Fortune 500 and top product companies.

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Flextime : Versátil schedule with remote and office options.

📌 Backend Developer (Barranquilla)
🏢 Agileengine
📍 Barranquilla