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Lead Software Engineer

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Lead Software Engineer who designs, builds, tests, and optimizes production-grade backend services and enterprise UIs using Java, Python, React, and Next.js, deployed as cloud-native microservices on Kubernetes with AWS/Azure and event-driven messaging. Hybrid role based in Guadalajara, Mexico, with LLM/agentic AI experience as a plus.

Must-Have
  • Strong hands-on programming expertise in Java and Python, with the ability to design, build, test, and optimise production-grade backend services
  • Strong experience with React for building modern, responsive, and intuitive user interfaces for enterprise applications
  • Experience with Next.js or modern front-end architecture patterns alongside React
  • Deep experience building cloud-native applications using containers, Kubernetes, microservices, and managed cloud services in AWS and/or Azure
  • Strong expertise in designing and building APIs, including RESTful services, service contracts, versioning, security, and integration patterns
  • Proven experience with event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, streaming, and resilient distributed system design
  • Practical experience using AI tools to improve engineering productivity across coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and release workflows
  • Strong understanding of software engineering quality metrics such as code quality, test automation, reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability
Good to Have
  • Experience building agentic applications or AI-powered systems using LLMs, orchestration frameworks, retrieval, tool calling, and workflow automation
  • Experience with API gateway, service mesh, and enterprise integration patterns
  • Experience with Kafka, event streaming platforms, or large-scale messaging ecosystems
  • Exposure to CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, and release engineering practices
  • Experience in regulated enterprise environments where security, governance, compliance, and auditability are critical
  • Ability to mentor engineers and influence architecture, engineering standards, and developer productivity at team level

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Hybrid- Guadalajara

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