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Staff Software Engineer designing, developing, and scaling core products at Abstra. Leading engineering practices and mentoring teams while working fully remote from Colombia.
Responsibilities:
- Architect and build scalable, secure, and resilient backend systems using Java, Kotlin, or other JVM-based languages.
- Lead design and implementation efforts for core components across cloud-native services (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, AWS/GCP/Azure).
- Collaborate with product management and cross-functional teams to translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions.
- Champion modern DevSecOps practices, integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and ensuring automation across build and deployment processes.
- Guide and mentor engineering teams through technical challenges, providing architectural guidance and code reviews.
- Advocate for and implement best practices in testing, observability, reliability, and performance optimization.
- Evaluate and integrate open-source tools and libraries, contributing back to the community when appropriate.
- Drive improvements in platform scalability, data processing pipelines, and distributed system architecture.
- Participate in and lead incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term reliability engineering efforts.
Requirements:
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Proven experience designing and building scalable, production-grade full stack applications.
- Strong proficiency in Java and/or Kotlin on the backend, with experience building RESTful APIs and microservices.
- Proficiency with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Vue, or similar JavaScript/TypeScript libraries.
- Solid understanding of cloud-native architecture and experience deploying applications to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with secure software development practices and integrating security into full stack applications.
- Skilled in automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps workflows.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across engineering, product, and design teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience working in an agile environment and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Passion for mentoring and coaching engineers.
Benefits:
- Flexible working hours and remote work options.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- A collaborative and inclusive work environment.
- The chance to work on impactful projects with a talented team.
- Excellent compensation in USD.
- Hardware and software setup (mandatory).
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