Searching for a Backend Engineer long-term contractor to work from home in Latam! Please submit your CV/Resumé in English, thank you!

Do you live and breathe backend development, with languages like Python and SQL as your trusty companions? Are you energized by the challenge of architecting robust and scalable systems, seamlessly integrating APIs and crafting elegant solutions? If you find joy in building the backbone of applications that power our digital world, then you have the perfect ingredients to thrive as our exceptional Backend Engineer, shaping the future of our technology stack!

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing server-side applications using Python
• Writing complex SQL queries using Trino to gather analytics data from multiple sources
• Developing and maintaining microservices for our platform
• Designing and optimizing databases, both relational and non-relational
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate APIs and ensure smooth functionality
• Writing efficient and reusable code, adhering to best practices and coding standards
• Performing code reviews to ensure high-quality codebase
• Developing comprehensive end-to-end integration tests to ensure systems function as intended
• Troubleshooting and debugging issues in backend systems
• Staying up to date with the latest technologies and industry trends to drive continuous improvement

Qualifications

• English language proficiency required
• BS degree in Computer Science or a similar technical area of study, or equivalent practical experience
• 2-4 years of experience as a software engineer/developer, with a focus on backend development
• Proficiency in Python
• Strong experience with databases, SQL, and database optimization techniques
• Experience working with microservices architecture
• Familiarity with API design principles and RESTful services
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strong collaboration and communication abilities, with the capability to work in cross-functional teams

Nice to Have

• Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience/certification with cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker
• Knowledge of message queues and streaming platforms, such as Apache Kafka
• Understanding of caching mechanisms and performance optimization techniques
• Experience with performance testing and profiling tools
• Familiarity with machine learning concepts and frameworks

You’ll Grow at Linqia

Influencer marketing is chaotic. Linqia brings the calm in the chaos. We’re a leader in the influencer marketing industry. We're a mature and growing tech start-up, having experienced 100% year-over-year growth and break-even. We partner with the world's largest brands including General Motors, Bayer, Kimberly-Clark, Unilever, Albertsons, McDonalds, and Walmart to build compelling and effective influencer marketing campaigns. Our AI-driven platform and team of experts are leading the transformation of influencer marketing and leveraging creator content. We combine the science and accountability of online media with award-winning creativity to deliver the greatest return on investment and results for our clients’ paid, owned, and earned media.

We value intelligence, recognize talent and have instilled a culture that supports career development and growth for our employees. We thrive on innovation and accountability, with a customer first attitude that adds true value to everything we touch. Our team members are smart, hard-working, have integrity and love to have fun as we play to win.

This position description is intended to describe the duties most frequently performed by an individual in this position. Linqia is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. We actively encourage women, people with disabilities, veterans, underrepresented minorities, and LGBTQ+ people to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes or candidates through this Web site or directly to employees. Linqia does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with us.

Location: Medellín Colombia (Hybrid)

So, what’s the role all about? 

 The Lead Software Engineer designs, develops, tests and maintains the NICE CXone software platform. Key responsibilities include all tiers of the NICE CXone technology, including (but not limited to) design and development of NICE CXone products and features, unit testing, code reviews, resolving defects encountered during the QA cycle, supporting the production environment, and assisting other developers in a team environment utilizing agile development processes. 

About the team:  

The CX Outbound Engagement Voice Team designs, operates, and evolves the high-scale voice infrastructure behind NiCE outbound engagement. 

Our mission is to power billions of outbound customer calls each year with exceptional reliability and compliance. Leveraging a cloud-native architecture, the team manages high-volume voice delivery through a diverse network of carriers, supporting thousands of concurrent connections and peak call rates that ensure optimal performance. 

Beyond core delivery, the team focuses on integration and innovation — building seamless connections with platforms like cxOne ACD and Cognigy to enable intelligent agent workflows, proactive engagement, and real-time conversational AI. 

How will you make an impact?  

• Work as a member of an agile team to enhance and improve software. 

• Design and present projects to improve current process and overall platform. 

• Code and test projects. 

• Create automation to ensure quality. 

• Deliver high quality, sustainable, maintainable code. 

• Manage time effectively working on one or more concurrent projects. 

• Attend meetings and training as required. 

• Works with system analysts and product management for the successful completion of a project. 

• Lead team and mentors other developers as needed. 

• Provide critical technical capabilities to the team and evangelizes those skills to others. 

• Function as a Technical or Team Lead as needed. 

• Follow established department procedures, policies, and processes. 

• Strengthen engineering practices around observability, documentation, secure coding, and incident response. 

• Use AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly to accelerate delivery, improve documentation, and raise code quality through spec-driven and review-driven workflows. 

Have you got what it takes?  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Information Systems or related field or equivalent work experience is required. 

• At least 5+ years’ experience in software development 

• Well established technical problem-solving skills.
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

• 5+ years’ Experience with Java 11+ & SprintBoot or/and .Net
  

• Experience building and maintaining AWS based microservices 

• Excellent communication skills 

• Excellent decision-making skills Working knowledge of unit testing 

• Working knowledge of common design patterns 

• Working knowledge of object-oriented software design 

• Reliable Team Player 

• Desire to work in a fast-paced environment 

• Architect and design solutions that align with technical and business goals. 

• Provide technical leadership to guide the development team in implementing best practices and innovative solutions. 

• Demonstrate ownership by taking responsibility for critical systems and delivering high-quality results. 

• Ensure accountability by meeting deadlines and adhering to project milestones. 

• Mentor team members, fostering growth and enhancing their technical and professional skills. 

• Proactively identify and resolve issues, ensuring the stability and efficiency of systems. 

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and ensure project alignment with business objectives. 

• Drive technical improvements by advocating for and implementing process enhancements. 

• Promote a culture of quality, ensuring code reviews, testing, and documentation standards are maintained. 

• Stay updated on industry trends and incorporate modern tools and technologies where appropriate. 

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth delivery of projects and features. 

• Manage and prioritize tasks effectively to balance team workload and project demands. 

• Comfort using AI coding assistants such as Claude Code and GitHub Copilot with sound engineering judgment, clear specs, strong review practices, and appropriate human accountability. 

 Bonus Experience: 

• Experience with AWS Infrastructure (EC2, ECS, ALBs, etc) 

• Experience maintaining, and working with, AWS Resources (IAM, CloudWatch, etc) 

• Experience with containerized systems and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes. 

• Experience with service caching, discovery, secrets management, or distributed system tooling such as Redis, Consul, Vault, or Hazelcast. 

• Experience working with relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or SQL Server. 

• Experience with Rest/Web Sockets/GRPC 

• Experience with Jira and Confluence 

• Experience with automation/testing tools and frameworks 

• Experience with observability and operational tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, Otel, Logback, or Logstash. 

• Experience with/knowledge of agile development processes 

• Experience(s) as a technical or team lead or equivalent experience 

• Experience with telecommunications, telephony, media services, SIP, RTP, or ACD-related platforms. 

• Experience with CCAAS 

• Experience working in a CI/CD Environment 

• Experience creating and maintaining pipelines in Jenkins 

• Experience with GitHub Actions  

What are the technologies we use?  

• Java 11+ (including Java 17 and Java 21). 

• Spring Boot, Tomcat, servlets, REST APIs, and OpenAPI-based service development. 

• Gradle for builds and dependency management. 

• JUnit, Mockito, MockServer, Testcontainers, Awaitility, and JMeter for automated testing and quality engineering. 

• SQL and relational databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQL Server. 

• Docker and Kubernetes for containerized delivery. 

• Consul, Vault, and Hazelcast for service discovery, secrets, and distributed runtime capabilities. 

• Prometheus, Grafana, StatsD, Logback, and Logstash for observability and operations. 

• GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins for source control and CI/CD. 

• Telephony and media platform technologies including SIP/RTP integrations and media server driven services. 

• VS Code and modern developer tooling. 

• AI-assisted engineering workflows using Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Superpowers-style planning, spec-driven development, and disciplined code review. 

What’s in it for you? 

Join an ever-growing, market disrupting, global company where the teams – comprised of the best of the best – work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and creative environment! As the market leader, every day at NICE is a chance to learn and grow, and there are endless internal career opportunities across multiple roles, disciplines, domains, and locations. If you are passionate, innovative, and excited to constantly raise the bar, you may just be our next NICEr! 

Benefits at NICE Colombia:  

• Work with the most modern technologies. 

• Clear career path supported by different free learning tools. 

• Obtain certifications to advance your career. 

• Collaborate with global work teams. 

• Participate in local and global activities and events. 

• Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work, combining the best of both worlds. 

• Engage in exciting competitions and contests. 

• Improve your language skills with English support. 

• Secure a permanent employment contract. 

• Benefit from a company legally constituted in Colombia and receive full social benefits 

Searching for a Backend Engineer long-term contractor to work from home in Latam! Please submit your CV/Resumé in English, thank you!

Do you live and breathe backend development, with languages like Python and SQL as your trusty companions? Are you energized by the challenge of architecting robust and scalable systems, seamlessly integrating APIs and crafting elegant solutions? If you find joy in building the backbone of applications that power our digital world, then you have the perfect ingredients to thrive as our exceptional Backend Engineer, shaping the future of our technology stack!

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing server-side applications using Python
• Writing complex SQL queries using Trino to gather analytics data from multiple sources
• Developing and maintaining microservices for our platform
• Designing and optimizing databases, both relational and non-relational
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate APIs and ensure smooth functionality
• Writing efficient and reusable code, adhering to best practices and coding standards
• Performing code reviews to ensure high-quality codebase
• Developing comprehensive end-to-end integration tests to ensure systems function as intended
• Troubleshooting and debugging issues in backend systems
• Staying up to date with the latest technologies and industry trends to drive continuous improvement

Qualifications

• English language proficiency required
• BS degree in Computer Science or a similar technical area of study, or equivalent practical experience
• 2-4 years of experience as a software engineer/developer, with a focus on backend development
• Proficiency in Python
• Strong experience with databases, SQL, and database optimization techniques
• Experience working with microservices architecture
• Familiarity with API design principles and RESTful services
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strong collaboration and communication abilities, with the capability to work in cross-functional teams

Nice to Have

• Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience/certification with cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker
• Knowledge of message queues and streaming platforms, such as Apache Kafka
• Understanding of caching mechanisms and performance optimization techniques
• Experience with performance testing and profiling tools
• Familiarity with machine learning concepts and frameworks

You’ll Grow at Linqia

Influencer marketing is chaotic. Linqia brings the calm in the chaos. We’re a leader in the influencer marketing industry. We're a mature and growing tech start-up, having experienced 100% year-over-year growth and break-even. We partner with the world's largest brands including General Motors, Bayer, Kimberly-Clark, Unilever, Albertsons, McDonalds, and Walmart to build compelling and effective influencer marketing campaigns. Our AI-driven platform and team of experts are leading the transformation of influencer marketing and leveraging creator content. We combine the science and accountability of online media with award-winning creativity to deliver the greatest return on investment and results for our clients’ paid, owned, and earned media.

We value intelligence, recognize talent and have instilled a culture that supports career development and growth for our employees. We thrive on innovation and accountability, with a customer first attitude that adds true value to everything we touch. Our team members are smart, hard-working, have integrity and love to have fun as we play to win.

This position description is intended to describe the duties most frequently performed by an individual in this position. Linqia is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. We actively encourage women, people with disabilities, veterans, underrepresented minorities, and LGBTQ+ people to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes or candidates through this Web site or directly to employees. Linqia does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with us.

Fullstack Engineer

Searching for a Fullstack Engineer (long-term contractor) to work from home in the Medellín, Colombia area! Please submit your CV/Resumé in English, thank you!

Do you get fired up about building seamless end-to-end experiences—designing sleek, responsive frontends with Vue.js, TypeScript, and CSS, and powering them with solid, scalable backends in Python and SQL? Do you thrive when you're solving real, complex problems and bringing ambitious ideas to life? We're building modern web apps that go beyond the basics—incorporating AI, machine learning, and video analysis to unlock what’s next. We’re looking for engineers who communicate with clarity, love to collaborate, and aren’t shy about showing their work. If you’re excited to jump in, make an impact, and help shape where we’re headed, we’d love to have you on board.

Responsibilities

• Front-End Excellence
• Implement new user-facing features in the Linqia Platform using Vue.js, Vuex, and TypeScript.
• Translate conceptual ideas (business needs and user goals) into intuitive and engaging experiences.
• Collaborate with product, design, and QA teams to define UI/UX strategy and ensure a smooth user experience.
  
  
• Back-End Mastery
• Architect and implement robust, scalable server-side applications using Python.
• Write complex SQL queries (e.g., with Trino or similar) to gather and analyze data from multiple sources.
• Develop and maintain microservices supporting our platform, ensuring seamless integration with front-end components.
• Design, optimize, and troubleshoot relational and non-relational databases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate RESTful APIs and ensure smooth end-to-end functionality.
  
  
• Code Quality and Collaboration
• Write thoroughly tested features, actively participate in code reviews, and take ownership of the codebase—front to back.
• Develop comprehensive end-to-end integration tests to ensure that systems function as intended.
• Stay up to date with the latest technologies and industry trends to drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Education & Experience
• BS degree in Computer Science or a similar technical area of study (or equivalent practical experience).
• 2–4 years of experience as a software engineer/developer, with exposure to both front-end and back-end development.
• Technical Skills
• Front-End: Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, JavaScript with TypeScript, Vue.js, Vuex/Pinia, and Webpack/Vite.
• Back-End: Proficiency in Python, with a strong grasp of building and integrating APIs using FastAPI.
• Databases & Data: Skilled in SQL and database optimization techniques. Experience with both relational and non-relational databases is a plus.
• Architecture & Tools: Experience working with microservices architecture. Familiarity with Git/GitHub for version control.
• Agile Environment: Front-end or fullstack experience working in an Agile setting.
• Testing & Performance: Strong commitment to code quality, testing, and performance optimization.
• Soft Skills
• English language proficiency required.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities, with a knack for creative solutions.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, comfortable working in cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have

• Postgraduate degree in CS or further education/experience in a technical field.
• Experience working in AWS or a similar cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, Azure).
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker.
• Knowledge of message queues and streaming platforms, such as Apache Kafka.
• Understanding of caching mechanisms and performance optimization techniques.
• Experience with performance testing and profiling tools.
• Familiarity with machine learning concepts and frameworks using LLM.

You’ll Grow at Linqia

Influencer marketing is chaotic. Linqia brings the calm in the chaos. We’re a leader in the influencer marketing industry. We're a mature and growing tech start-up, having experienced 100% year-over-year growth and break-even. We partner with the world's largest brands including General Motors, Bayer, Kimberly-Clark, Unilever, Albertsons, McDonalds, and Walmart to build compelling and effective influencer marketing campaigns. Our AI-driven platform and team of experts are leading the transformation of influencer marketing and leveraging creator content. We combine the science and accountability of online media with award-winning creativity to deliver the greatest return on investment and results for our clients’ paid, owned, and earned media.

We value intelligence, recognize talent and have instilled a culture that supports career development and growth for our employees. We thrive on innovation and accountability, with a customer first attitude that adds true value to everything we touch. Our team members are smart, hard-working, have integrity and love to have fun as we play to win.

This position description is intended to describe the duties most frequently performed by an individual in this position. Linqia is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. We actively encourage women, people with disabilities, veterans, underrepresented minorities, and LGBTQ+ people to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes or candidates through this Web site or directly to employees. Linqia does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with us.