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.

Remote in Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, or any EST time zone fitting location

We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer (Contractor) to join our dynamic Engineering team. This role is fully remote, offering an opportunity to contribute to exciting projects with the potential to transition into a long-term contractor position. As part of our highly experienced engineering team, you’ll work closely with Dave Brennan and be part of his team, giving you the opportunity to collaborate with him directly, learn from his experience, influence design decisions, and drive innovation while keeping the customer’s needs at the forefront.

WHO YOU ARE

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer (Contractor), you will develop advanced solutions using cutting-edge technologies, including cloud-based services, containerization, AI-driven features, adaptive process automation, and more. We’re looking for a passionate and innovative developer eager to build and scale the next wave of Hyperproof’s capabilities.

This role is a great opportunity for engineers who thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and enjoy working on both frontend and backend solutions.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Develop and design engaging user experiences using TypeScript and React, Java, C#; Go experience is also valuable.
• Design backend components, including REST APIs, queueing, storage systems, security layers (role-based access control, encryption), and more.
• Leverage AI-powered development tools (e.g., code assistants, automated testing, and analysis tools) to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and delivery speed.
• Contribute to and help evolve AI-driven product features, including intelligent automation and adaptive workflows.
• Collaborate with Product Managers to understand customer needs and translate them into software solutions.
• Own the quality and performance of the applications you build, ensuring they are reliable, scalable, compliant, and meet both customer and business expectations.
• Build reusable software components for other developers and business users.
• Implement automated testing and ensure code maintainability through documentation and best practices.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, focusing on design and coding at a component level.
• Professional level of English language proficiency.
• A strong customer-first mindset, with the ability to translate requirements into modern, flexible software solutions.
• Proficiency in FrontEnd and BackEnd technologies.
• Experience developing and integrating REST APIs using JSON and/or XML.
• Familiarity with cloud services (Azure or similar) for deployment and debugging.
• Expertise in asynchronous programming and scalable software development.
• Understanding of agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and the ability to work effectively in agile teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related experience.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to mentor and take ownership of projects.

DESIRED DEVELOPERS SKILLS 

• TDD (Test Driven Development) and refactoring skills
• Experience in structuring the code for testability to separate unit-testable logic and integration-testable boundary code
• Nice to have: Pairing/mobbing experience and/or XP (eXtreme Programming) experience

This contract-to-hire arrangement provides a path to join the team permanently after successfully completing an exciting 6-12 month project.

CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE & INTERVIEW PROCESS

We value your time and aim to make the hiring process clear and efficient. The interview process includes:

1. 20-minute initial chat with our Senior Technical Talent Partner. 
2. Take-home technical assessment to showcase your skills. Utilizing Coderbyte platform.
3. Three 60-minute 1:1 interviews with our engineering team. One of them will be with the hiring manager. 

You’ll also have opportunities to ask questions and ensure this role aligns with your career goals.

LOCATION & WORK SETUP

This is a fully remote contractor position. We believe in hiring the best talent regardless of location and fostering a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive.

If you’re looking for an opportunity to work on exciting, high-impact projects with a growth-oriented company, we’d love to hear from you!

Linqia is the leader in the influencer marketing industry. We’re a growing tech start-up, having experienced 100% year-over-year growth and break-even. At Linqia, we partner with the world’s largest brands including Danone, AB InBev, Kimberly-Clark, Unilever, 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.

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.

SOFTWARE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVOPS ENGINEER

Experience level  3+ YoE supporting production saas in AWS 

Location Anywhere in LATAM preferably in Colombia

Employment type Full‑time contract

ABOUT THE ROLE

Build out  a cloud‑native team that owns the entire software delivery life cycle on Amazon Web Services. You will combine deep Kubernetes expertise with Python and shell scripting to automate, monitor, and continuously improve the Linqia platform while driving FinOps practices to keep our cloud footprint efficient. Work in a GitOps culture where every change is delivered through pull requests and rolled out by automated pipelines.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Design, maintain, and evolve our AWS account structure, VPC networking, IAM policies, security boundaries, and cost‑management controls using Terraform and the AWS console
• Maintain secure networking layers with AWS load balancers, ingress controllers, service‑mesh policies, network policies, and zero‑trust principles
• Operate and harden production‑grade Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS, including upgrades, service mesh, policy management, and multi‑cluster architectures driven by Argo CD
• Build reusable infrastructure‑as‑code modules with Terraform that provision cloud resources in minutes while enforcing tagging standards and least‑privilege access
• Create self‑service CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and GitHub Actions for fast, safe releases with automated testing and promotion across environments
• Deliver real‑time observability with Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and OpenTelemetry, and use these tools to assist in solving production bugs and issues
• Administer and maintain purpose-built Linux VMs via configuration management tools like Puppet, Ansible, or Chef
• Deploy, scale, and maintain databases on AWS (Aurora, PostgreSQL, MySQL, OpenSearch, etc.), maintaining high database performance/uptime, optimizing tables and datasets, and ensuring disaster recovery protocols are in place.  
• Support developers by maintaining Podman‑based local dev boxes and Kubernetes staging environments that mirror production, ensuring smooth hand‑off from local code to cloud‑native deployments
• Implement FinOps practices: track and forecast AWS spend, enforce cost‑allocation tagging, identify rightsizing opportunities, manage Savings Plans or Reserved Instances, and build cost‑optimisation dashboards for engineering and finance stakeholders
• Write automation utilities and command‑line tools in Python and craft shell scripts that glue components and workflows together
• Champion reliability through incident reviews, capacity planning, game days, chaos testing, and service‑level objective tracking
• Collaborate in Agile rituals, plan sprints, refine backlog tickets, and pair with peers to spread DevOps and FinOps best practices

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• three plus years working with cloud infrastructure or platform engineering focused on AWS
• Deep hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, preferably EKS, covering upgrades, networking, storage, RBAC, and custom resources
• Proficiency in Python and Bash or Zsh scripting
• Strong understanding of core AWS services EC2, VPC, IAM, ALB, S3, RDS, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch
• Demonstrated experience applying FinOps principles: cost monitoring, forecasting, and optimisation on AWS
• Solid experience with Docker and container runtimes, with emphasis on Podman for local development environments
• Hands‑on practice with configuration‑management tools such as Ansible or Puppet and infrastructure‑as‑code with Terraform
• Proven use of Datadog for metrics, logs, and APM, plus familiarity with Prometheus and Grafana dashboards
• Comfortable with Git‑based workflows, feature branching, and pull‑request reviews
• Strong SQL skills and a deep understanding of relational database internals
• Competent in Linux administration, process troubleshooting, and performance tuning
• Practical knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP, TLS, DNS, and common networking tools
• Clear communication skills and an ability to translate complex technical topics to diverse audiences
• Familiarity with Scrum or Kanban and a continuous‑improvement mindset

EXTRA CREDIT

• AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or FinOps Practitioner
• Experience with AWS security tooling GuardDuty, Security Hub, IAM Access Analyzer, and KMS
• Building data pipelines with Apache Spark, Flink, or similar frameworks
• Implementing event‑driven architectures with Kafka Streams or KSQL
• Applying SRE practices such as error budgets and service‑level dashboards
• Exposure to machine‑learning workflows, ModelOps, or MLOps in production

_{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. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.}

_{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.}