Senior Backend Engineer (with Frontend Competency) - LATAM (Remote)
ClaraPayments company
RemoteSenior
Coatue
ICONIQ Growth
General Catalyst
DST Global
monashees
Kaszek Ventures
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Senior Backend Engineer with frontend competency for payments tribe.
- •Clara is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with frontend competency to join their Payments Tribe.
- •This role focuses on building and maintaining secure, scalable financial transaction systems across the platform.
- •Key Responsibilities Architect and build secure, resilient backend services in Java/Spring Boot.
- •Optimize data and performance for high-availability asynchronous transaction processing.
- •Develop and maintain React-based frontend applications and internal tooling.
- •Utilize AI tools to automate workflows and accelerate delivery.
- •Lead code reviews, system design reviews, and mentor junior engineers.
- •Requirements 5+ years of software engineering experience with a heavy specialization in Backend/Systems development.
- •Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot, with deep understanding of databases, concurrency, and microservices. 2+ years of practical commercial experience with React and its modern ecosystem.
- •Proven experience designing and consuming RESTful and event-driven web services.
- •Experience with AI tools throughout the development process.
Required skills
JavaReactMicroservicesSQLJavaScript
Domain expertise
fintech
Benefits & perks
Stock options (ESOP), Hybrid work model
Tech stack
JavaReactRabbitMQGitHub ActionsPythonJavaScriptSQL