Instaleap
Instaleap
Instaleap develops e-commerce and logistics software for retailers, helping businesses manage online orders, delivery operations, and customer experiences through an integrated technology suite. Serving more than 100 retailers across over 30 countries, the company supports supermarkets, pharmacies, and other retail businesses seeking to improve operational efficiency and grow online sales. Its work spans the retail, food and beverage, and healthcare sectors.

Senior Backend Engineer, Node.js and TypeScript

Build and operate Node.js and TypeScript microservices for Instaleap’s real-time operations platform, using AWS. Shape features, mentor engineers, and support production systems in a remote role based in Colombia.

Description

  • Design, develop, and maintain the backend microservices behind Torre de Control.
  • Define new features from both technical and product perspectives.
  • Investigate problems, refine scope, propose solutions, and own the outcomes.
  • Partner with product, frontend, and QA teams to deliver features end to end.
  • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
  • Contribute to code reviews and architecture decisions.
  • Provide technical support and resolve incidents for services you own.
  • Take part in the team’s on-call rotation.
  • Remediate security vulnerabilities.
  • Improve service performance, scalability, and architecture.

Requirements

  • At least five years of backend development experience, primarily with Node.js and TypeScript.
  • Recent experience working at a startup or product scale-up.
  • Experience balancing roadmap work with support and incident response.
  • Product experience defining what to build and why.
  • Experience owning production microservices and participating in on-call rotations.
  • Production experience with AWS services such as SQS, Lambda, ECS, or DynamoDB.
  • Experience integrating messaging systems such as RabbitMQ or SQS.
  • Experience mentoring or guiding junior and mid-level engineers.
  • Proficiency with relational and non-relational databases, including options such as PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and Redis.
  • Knowledge of design patterns, unit and integration testing, SOLID principles, and clean code.
  • English proficiency at B2–C1 level or higher.

Benefits

  • Remote work.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • Additional vacation days.
  • A half day off on your birthday.
  • Access to an education budget.
  • Claude licenses and other AI tools included in the technology stack.
  • Health insurance, available in some countries.

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