Clara - Senior Backend Engineer (Ingeniero Senior de Backend) - Latin America (Remote)
Requirements
• “We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.” • Working proficiency in English and Spanish or Portuguese. • 5+ years of backend development experience with deep knowledge of software design principles. • Proficiency in Java (minimum version 10; ideally version 17) and Spring Boot 3. • Spring Boot 3 • Experience with Hibernate/JPA, and relational/NoSQL databases. • Strong understanding of microservices architecture and event-driven systems using Kafka. • Kafka • Experience integrating with third-party providers via REST, GraphQL, and SOAP APIs. • Proficiency in Docker, Git, Github, and CI/CD pipelines. • Docker • Github • CI/CD • Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably AWS. • Experience or interest in AI tools to automate workflows, such as N8N, ChatGPT, or Gemini. • Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban). • Experience working with multi-country stakeholders and remote teams. • Exposure to infrastructure and monitoring tooling within cloud-native environments. • Experience creating systems with a high volume of transactions (requests/responses). • Independent analytical skills using spreadsheets or SQL. • A good sense of humor.
Responsibilities
• We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to lead backend development initiatives within the Transactions & Insights team. At Clara, you will go beyond coding; you’ll help shape technical direction and systems design while fostering engineering best practices that ensure the performance and scalability of backend systems supporting our core transaction processes. • Leading backend design and implementation for high-impact internal systems and services. • Collaborating across the full product lifecycle—from ideation to deployment—using Github and modern CI/CD workflows. • Github • CI/CD • Mentoring junior developers and upholding high engineering standards through rigorous code reviews and technical documentation. • Writing scalable, testable code in Java with unit and integration testing built-in. • Maintaining and evolving microservices within a modern architecture, ensuring seamless integration with internal and external systems via REST, GraphQL, and SOAP APIs. • Participating in cross-team architectural discussions and problem-solving to tackle Clara’s most impactful challenges.
Benefits
• At Clara, you’ll have the autonomy, speed, and support to make meaningful impact — not just on your team, but on how organizations are run across Latin America. • Competitive salary and stock options (ESOP) from day one • Multicultural team with daily exposure to Portuguese, Spanish, and English (our corporate language) • Portuguese, Spanish, and English • Annual learning budget and internal accelerated development paths • High-ownership environment: we move fast, learn fast, and raise the bar — together • Smart, ambitious teammates — low ego, high impact • Flexible vacation and hybrid work model focused on results • hybrid work model • If you’re ready for growth, ownership, and impact — apply now and help us redefine B2B finance in Latin America. • Clara’s Hybrid Policy • Claridians in a hybrid mode split their time between working from the office, talking to or visiting customers, or working from home. This hits a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility about how to do this in a way that makes sense for each individual and team. • We don't enforce a minimum number of days for most roles, but you're expected to spend time at the office organically, and be at the office most days during your ramp-up or when required by your leader.
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