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In this role, you’ll work on high-impact, high-traffic systems focused on authentication, permissions, provisioning, and other foundational capabilities that enable product teams to move faster without sacrificing reliability. You’ll play a key role in improving performance, reducing technical debt, and driving long-term platform evolution in a Node.js environment, with an ongoing transition from JavaScript to TypeScript. This is a great opportunity for an engineer who thrives on ownership, enjoys solving complex backend challenges, and wants to influence system architecture at scale.\nWhat You'll Do:\nBuild, maintain, and improve backend services that support company-wide functionality\n\nDevelop production-grade Node.js services using JavaScript and TypeScript\n\nMigrate existing JavaScript services to TypeScript to improve scalability and maintainability\n\nIdentify and resolve performance bottlenecks (caching, async processing, latency, throughput)\n\nReduce technical debt and simplify service architecture for long-term efficiency\n\nImprove system observability, monitoring, and operational readiness\n\nParticipate in on-call rotations to support production systems and ensure reliability\n\nCollaborate closely with product, frontend, and UX teams to deliver scalable features\n\nContribute to architectural decisions, service design, and platform evolution\n\nFor more senior scope (Level 4):\nOwn backend services end-to-end, from design through production support\n\nLead technical initiatives including migrations, refactoring, and system improvements\n\nDrive cross-team collaboration and influence engineering standards and best practices\n\nMentor engineers and provide guidance on technical design and execution\n\nWhat You'll Bring:\nExperience building and maintaining backend services in production environments\n\nStrong proficiency in Node.js and JavaScript/TypeScript\n\nExperience working with high-traffic or business-critical systems\n\nSolid understanding of RESTful APIs (GraphQL experience is a plus)\n\nExperience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB\n\nKnowledge of performance optimization techniques (caching, async processing, data access patterns)\n\nExperience with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Jasmine)\n\nFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred; alternatives like CircleCI, Jenkins, etc. acceptable)\n\nExperience monitoring, debugging, and operating production systems\n\nComfort working in distributed, cross-functional teams\n\nInfrastructure & Platform:\nExperience with cloud environments (preferably AWS: Lambda, EC2/Beanstalk, SNS/SQS, S3)\n\nFamiliarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)\n\nExposure to Kubernetes is a plus\n\nLeadership & Collaboration:\nExperience leading projects, features, or technical initiatives\n\nAbility to influence architecture and technical direction\n\nStrong ownership mindset with the ability to independently identify and drive improvements\n\nExperience partnering cross-functionally with product and UX teams\n\nAI & Developer Productivity:\nHands-on experience using AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, OpenAI tools) to improve development workflows\n\nAbility to apply AI to enhance code quality, testing, and development speed\n\nExperience contributing to prompts, guidelines, or best practices for AI usage within engineering teams\n\nNice to Have:\nExperience owning shared or platform-level services\n\nBackground in authentication, authorization, or identity systems\n\nExperience refactoring legacy systems or consolidating services\n\nExperience supporting systems used by multiple downstream teams\n\nWhat We Offer:\nEnjoy private health insurance through MetLife for you and your dependents, complementing your state medical coverage\n\nBenefit from a company-matched Savings Fund to help you grow your financial security\n\nReceive monthly grocery vouchers to support your everyday essentials\n\nEnjoy an additional day off on your birthday, promoting a healthy work-life balance\n\nComplimentary CalmApp subscription for you and your loved ones because mental wellness matters.\n\nEnergetic work environment with a hybrid work style, providing the balance you need\n\nBenefit from our family leave program, which grows with your tenure at Meltwater.\n\nThrive within our inclusive community and seize ongoing professional development opportunities to elevate your career.\n\nWhere You'll Work:Lago Alberto Street #375 Office 201 11320, Mexico City\nWhen You'll Join:ASAP\nAt Meltwater, we believe that when you have the right people in the right environment, great things happen.\nOur best-in-class technology empowers our 27,000 customers around\nthe world to make better business decisions through data. But we can’t do that without our global team of developers, innovators, problem-solvers, and high-performers who embrace challenges and find new solutions for our customers.\nOur award-winning global culture drives everything we do and creates\nan environment where our employees can make an impact, learn every day, feel a sense of belonging, and celebrate each other’s successes along\nthe way.\nWe are innovators at the core who see the potential in people, ideas and technologies. Together, we challenge ourselves to go big, be bold, and build best-in-class solutions for our customers.\nWe’re proud of our diverse team of 2,200+ employees in 50 locations across \n25 countries around the world. No matter where you are, you’ll work with people who care about your success and get the support you need to unlock new heights in your career.\nWe are Meltwater. Inspired by innovation, powered by people.\nEqual Employment Opportunity Statement\nMeltwater is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: At Meltwater, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where every employee feels valued, respected, and empowered. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity and strive to provide a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.\n\nAll employment decisions at Meltwater are made based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by the applicable laws and regulations.\n\nMeltwater does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind, and we actively promote a culture of respect, fairness, and inclusivity. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities to apply and join us in our mission to drive innovation and make a positive impact in the world.\n\nWe may use AI to assist in aspects of our hiring process, such as reviewing candidate information and supporting evaluation activities. These tools are used only to assist our team through increased efficiencies. Every output continues to be reviewed by humans, and all hiring decisions are made by humans. 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