BACKEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER

- COUNTRY
- Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico
- FORMAT
- Remote

Svitla Systems Inc. is looking for a Back End Engineer for a full-time position (40 hours per week) in Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia.

You'll build and maintain scalable backend services that power experiences for hundreds of millions of job seekers and employers globally. It is a hands-on engineering role with a high level of independence; you'll own meaningful pieces of work, make day-to-day technical decisions, and collaborate with product, design, and platform teams to ship features that move the needle.

REQUIREMENTS :

- 3+ years of experience in backend engineering in Java (primary) or Kotlin.
- Experience working in Java, while also being comfortable working in Kotlin environments or codebases.
- Production experience with Spring Boot and Spring Batch (or equivalent JVM batch frameworks).
- Strong understanding of REST API design and implementation.
- Hands-on experience building or consuming GraphQL APIs (federated graphs a plus).
- Solid understanding of relational and/or NoSQL data stores, async messaging (Kafka or similar), and distributed systems concepts.
- Ability to operate with general independence on moderately complex problems and deliver quality work without close supervision.

NICE TO HAVE

- Experience operating services at a large scale (millions+ requests/day). Exposure to GraphQL federation (Apollo Federation or similar).
- Familiarity with observability tooling (Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud platforms.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Design, build, and maintain backend services using Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, and Spring Batch, with a focus on reliability and performance at scale.
- Develop and evolve GraphQL and REST APIs that serve internal services and consumer-facing products. Build and tune batch-processing pipelines for data-intensive workflows (ingestion, enrichment, and scheduled
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- Participate in code reviews,



on-call rotations, and incident response, contributing to service health, observability, and continuous improvement. Partner with product managers, architects, and fellow engineers to scope work, refine requirements, and deliver against team objectives.

WE OFFER

- US and EU projects based on advanced technologies.
- Competitive compensation based on skills and experience.
- Annual performance appraisals.
- Remote-friendly culture and no micromanagement.
- Comprehensive private medical insurance.
- Christmas Bonus in the amount of 50% of the monthly payment.
- Bonuses for article writing, public talks, other activities.
- 15 vacation days, 10 holidays, 10 sick leaves.
- Personalized learning program tailored to your interests and skill development.
- Free tech webinars and meetups organized by Svitla.
- Fun corporate onlineoffline celebrations and activities.
- Awesome team, friendly and supportive community!

ABOUT SVITLA

Svitla Systems is a global digital solutions company headquartered in the U.S. and operating across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and APAC. Since 2003, we have served a wide range of clients — from innovative start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.

Our success is built on partnership. By integrating seamlessly with clients’ teams, we create lasting collaborations that drive real results.

We are strong advocates of workplace flexibility, remote culture, individual approach to skilled and personal growth.

Svitla is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for cooperation without regard to age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, race, color, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Our global mission is to build a business that contributes to wellbeing of our partners, personnel, and their families, improves our communities, and makes a lasting difference in the world.

Together, we are coding a brighter tomorrow — and living it.

Join us!

LET'S MEET IN PERSON

Khrystyna Shuflat : RECRUITER**:

LinkedIn:

- Khrystyna Shuflat

📌 Backend Software Engineer (Naushera)
🏢 Svitla Systems
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