Sr Backend Engineer at Clara

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Minimum 5 years of experience in backend development., Proficiency in Java (version 8 or 17) and Spring Boot 3., Strong understanding of software design principles and experience with microservices architectures., Advanced level of English for leading technical meetings..

Key responsabilities:

Collaborate with the development team throughout the product development lifecycle.

Guide and train junior developers in best practices and procedures.

Enhance and maintain existing software applications as needed.

Implement software development standards and conduct thorough analysis for solutions.

Job description

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

Clara is backed by top investors and strategics including Accial Capital, Canary, Citi Ventures, Coatue, DST Global, General Catalyst, Goldman Sachs, ICONIQ Growth, Kaszek, Monashees, and Notable Capital, as well as prominent angel investors.

Disclaimer: This role is open to all candidates across LATAM, not just posting location.

Objective:

Strategically lead and guide backend development within the Operations team. This includes overseeing the design and implementation of robust solutions, ensuring optimal system performance, and fostering innovation within the engineering team to achieve operational and organizational objectives.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with the development team through the complete lifecycle of product development.
Guide and train junior developers in software development best practices and procedures.
Enhance and maintain existing software system applications as needed.
Implement and enforce software development standards to ensure high-quality code delivery.
Ensure consistency and maintainability of future changes by designing and implementing unit and integration tests.
Conduct thorough analysis to develop well-structured solutions before starting the implementation process.
Actively participate in ideation and problem-solving for existing and new challenges (cross-teams also).
Generate clear and well-structured documentation for implemented solutions.
Follow best practices and established code review processes to review and ensure the quality of pull requests (PRs).

Technical Skills:

Minimum 5 years of experience in backend development.
Preferably with proficiency in Java (minimum version 8, preferred version 17) and Spring Boot 3.
Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns.
Experience with Hibernate/JPA development.
Strong expertise in relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL) databases.
Experience designing, implementing and managing microservices architectures with best practices.
Experience with event-driven architecture and message brokers such as Kafka.
Familiarity with cloud services, preferably AWS (desirable).
Extensive experience integrating with external providers via APIS (REST, SOAP, etc.)
Strong knowledge of testing strategies, including unit and integration testing.
Participation in agile development teams (SCRUM, Kanban)
Git, Github, CI/CD pipelines
Docker container creation and configuration
Advanced level of English with fluency to lead technical meetings, including with providers/suppliers.

Soft Skills:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
Proactive and innovative mindset to improve processes and solutions.
Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.
Leadership and mentoring skills to support the professional growth of the team.
Have experience with multiple stakeholders from different countries.

If you are passionate about backend development and want to lead high-impact projects in a dynamic and growing company, we invite you to apply!

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.