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We operate as a hybrid company, with offices in Bogotá and San Francisco, and a remote-first culture everywhere else.\nJob summary\nWe’re looking for an exceptional Senior Backend Engineer with strong Go (Golang) expertise and experience designing large-scale distributed systems.\n\nYou’ll work across backend and frontend domains, collaborating closely with product, sales, and AI platform teams to design, prototype, and launch powerful conversational experiences for some of Latin America’s largest retailers. This is a role for an independent problem solver who enjoys both deep technical challenges and high-impact product thinking.\n\nResponsibilities include:\nDesign, build, and maintain distributed backend systems using Go, AWS, Kafka, Postgres, and DynamoDB.\n\nCollaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and enterprise partners to define user journeys, performance goals, and success metrics.\n\nOwn critical parts of Connectly’s platform infrastructure - from messaging orchestration to data pipelines and API integrations.\n\nCollaborate closely with product, AI, and frontend teams to deliver scalable, customer-facing features.\n\nEnsure reliability, observability, and operational excellence across all services.\n\nEstablish, track, and iterate on performance metrics, leveraging data to optimize outcomes and drive measurable business results.\n\nWork asynchronously with global teams, maintaining strong communication and documentation.\n\nPlan and manage your workstream, making thoughtful tradeoffs between deadlines, quality, and innovation.\n\nMentor teammates, contribute to code reviews, and uphold engineering best practices in a fast-moving, distributed environment.\n\nWhat will make you excel at this job:\nExceptional communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.\n\nDeep attention to detail paired with strong system-level thinking; you can zoom out to strategy and dive deep into code.\n\nA bias for action and results, with comfort navigating ambiguity and evolving product needs.\n\nGenuine curiosity and a drive to stay ahead of the rapidly changing AI landscape.\n\nBalance of product sense and technical rigor; you care as much about user experience as you do about system performance.\n\nExperience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and event-driven architectures.\n\nSolid understanding of system design, concurrency, and data consistency.\n\nPragmatic approach to engineering; you balance simplicity, reliability, and speed.\n\nRequirements\nBS or MS in Computer Science or related technical field.\n\n5+ years of experience in hands-on software engineering roles.\n\nProven track record building and scaling enterprise systems using Go, AWS, Kafka, Postgres, and/or DynamoDB.\n\nExperience with Python is a plus.\n\nExperience with frontend engineering (React, TypeScript, etc.) is a plus.\n\nPrior experience developing or deploying WhatsApp conversational applications is a strong plus.\n\nExperience working in fast-paced, customer-centric environments, ideally in a startup or high-growth tech company.\n\nBased in Europe; remote-first with occasional team offsites.\n\nBenefits\nWork alongside an exceptional, mission-driven team in a culture that values curiosity, impact, and continuous learning.\n\nCompetitive compensation with equity participation.\n\nUnlimited time off and flexible working hours.\n\nFlexible working hours and remote-first culture across the EU.\n\nWe are a strong believer in passion, curiosity and willingness to learn on the job. 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