(1632) Principal Backend Engineer (Java and Golang)

Role overview Provide hands-on backend engineering and technical direction for compliance and traffic-monitoring systems supporting cross-border payments. You’ll help shape architecture and engineering quality while turning uncertain requirements into scoped work, mentoring teammates, and keeping a distributed team aligned. The position is described as a full-time, long-term engagement with a planned December 2026 start, subject to confirmation.

Responsibilities - Design and implement critical backend services in Java and Go. - Lead architecture discussions and design reviews, recording key decisions and trade-offs. - Establish testing, completion, and verification practices; review code and help maintain timely review cycles. - Clarify requirements and define scope and acceptance criteria with product and engineering leaders. - Mentor engineers, remove blockers, and share technical and business context. - Keep distributed colleagues aligned through written updates and technical documentation.

Requirements - At least eight years of software engineering experience and production experience with both Java and Go. - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. - Experience designing high-volume, event-driven distributed systems, such as transaction-processing or queue-based services. - A record of improving engineering quality through testing, CI/CD, and code review. - Advanced English communication skills and confidence writing technical documentation. - Ability to set scope, estimates, and priorities independently, with working-hour overlap with Central European time.

Nice to have - Experience using AI-assisted development tools while maintaining human review and testing standards. - Interest or experience conducting technical interviews.

Benefits and work setup The role is fully remote within Latin America, with coworking spaces available. Listed benefits include a competitive USD salary, paid time off and local holidays, sick leave, an annual benefits credit, a birthday day off, and team events.