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Backend Engineer Expert

Clara

Clara

Software Engineering
Latin America
Posted on Nov 9, 2024

Clara is the leading spend management platform for companies in Latin America. Our end-to-end solution includes our locally-issued corporate cards, a Bill Pay product, financing solutions, and our highly-rated software platform; already being used by thousands of the most successful companies across the region.

Clara is backed by top global and regional investors such as GGV Capital, Coatue, DST Global Partners, General Catalyst, monashees, Acrew Capital, Kaszek, Citius, Canary, Citi Ventures, Picus Capital, Avid Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, Endeavor Catalyst, Goldman Sachs, Accial Capital, and prominent angel investors.

We are looking for a Backend Engineer who will:
  • Collaborate with the development team through the complete lifecycle of product development.
  • Guide and train junior developers when it comes to software development best practices and procedures.
  • Enhance and maintain existing software system applications as needed
  • Create software modules and mechanisms that can be reused and make improvements to existing modules.
Objective
To apply specialized expertise in backend development to design and implement robust and scalable software solutions. This involves ensuring the efficiency, security, and seamless functionality of the backend systems, contributing to the overall success and innovation within the engineering team, and meeting organizational objectives.

Technical Skills

5+ years of experience developing:
  • Complex, high-performance enterprise software using Java technologies
  • Java - Spring/SpringBoot
  • Hibernate/JPA development
  • Broad experience with relational databases, data modeling, and Object-Oriented software designs
At least 3 years of proven experience with:
  • Development using techniques, such as TDD, BDD y FDD
  • Participation in agile development teams (SCRUM, Kanban)
  • Experience with event-driven architectures
  • Git, Github, CI/CD pipelines
  • Have worked with AWS
  • Proven experience with design, implementation, and consumption of RESTful web services
  • Microservices design, implementation and consumption
  • Skills for upholding best practices in engineering, security, and design
  • Good English Level.
Additional Skills & Plus
  • Experience using Kafka or other message streaming platforms
  • PostgreSQL database
  • Docker container creation and configuration
  • AWS DevOps
The way we do things is as important as what we do. That is why we operate on a set of carefully-identified values. They are what we expect from ourselves and each other in our day-to-day.

We value

* Clarity - Open and direct communication
* Simplicity - Pare things down to the essential
* Ownership - We're all owners and act like it
* Pride - Make quality products we're proud of
* Always Be Changing (ABC) - Continuous self-improvement
* Inclusivity - Every voice counts; we value each other for our shared mission and contributions

We are

* Shaping business finances in Latin America
* Driven by our 6 core values
* Proud of our inclusive and caring culture
* Certified as Top LinkedIn Startup

We offer

* Competitive salary & a robust stock ownership plan
* 100% flexible work model
* A set of benefits that are adaptable to your needs & way of life
* Opportunities for growth in a fast-paced environment
* A chance to shape B2B payments in Latin America and increase the region’s economic competitiveness