Lead Backend Developer

Lead Back-end Developer

Job Type & Location: Mexico, Full-time

We are looking for a lead software developer who has a strong interest in learning new technologies to join our growing team. You will be working with a team of talented developers, leads, and architects that will provide support as you expand your skill set and tackle important problems and resolve complex issues for our clients. Node.js experience is preferred, but we are open to candidates that have professional web development experience with other languages and a strong aptitude to learn.

If you thrive in an environment where you are surrounded by motivated, energetic developers and technologists consider this opportunity is the next step for you!

Roles and Responsibilities:

Work with a team to solve problems and deliver project work for our clients

Learn new technologies (with support from the team) as needed to support client work

Create effectively tested, re-usable, and efficient code

Support continuous improvement by staying up-to-date on technology

Work collaboratively with a team in an Agile environment

Lead from the front, guiding teams of developers (and non-developers) to the completion of successful projects

Mentor junior developers to ensure successful delivery

Preferred Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have a 2- or 4-year degree in CS/Engineering, be a bootcamp grad, or be self-taught with practical experience

Willing to learn new technologies and the aptitude to come up to speed quickly

5+ years of professional programming experience

5+ years Node.js, object-oriented programming, MVC applications, API development, and web development experience

Proficiency with JavaScript

Experience leading a technical team on project delivery

Familiarity with the Agile development processes, including the use of coding standards and systems for version control, build, regression testing

Actively participated in scalable website and web application development

Hands-on experience designing/developing/consuming APIs

AWS experience (IAM, S3, Lambda, etc)

Unit testing

SQL experience with PostgreSQL

Nice to Have’s:

Experience with serverless technologies and architectures

eCommerce experience

Exposure to eCommerce adjacent platforms (PIM, CPQ, DAM, etc.)