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Lead Software Engineer

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Summary

Lead engineer designing, building, and optimizing production-grade backend services in Java and Python, with React/Next.js frontends, deployed as cloud-native microservices on Kubernetes in AWS/Azure using event-driven messaging. Uses AI tools to boost engineering productivity; hybrid role based in Guadalajara requiring advanced English.

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

Advanced english

Hybrid- Guadalajara

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