**Overview**
We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Right Balance provides top-tier technology talent for innovative companies in the US. We’re in the top 50 companies to watch in LA.
**Engagement Details**
Our client improves the commerce experience by connecting brands, retailers, and consumers through beautiful, smart software. We love a good challenge, and we have fun achieving our goals.
As a Software Engineer, you'll work with business development, data, and product teams to solve tough problems and challenges through development and automation. Our team culture is a unique combination of structured vision and process maturity. In this role, you will be developing innovative cloud solutions and support current integrations, including deploying integration components in development/production environments.
We use AWS Serverless, MongoDB, Angular on the frontend, transmitting 5TB of data per month between all Kiosk devices. Won't be boring:
- )
**What’s in it for you?**
- Learn and evolve your skills using the latest and greatest technology tools in a rapidly growing company.
- Learn from the best people around you. We constantly challenge the status quo and invent new ways of building a great product.
- 100% remote. Work anywhere, whether it is remotely in the comfort of your home, in a shared co-working space, in an RV on the beach, or while being a nomad in another country.
- Work on challenging problems, innovate, and positively impact many people's lives while having fun doing it.
**Required Qualifications**
- Upper-intermediate to fluent speaking and writing English. Able to have a real-time conversation.




- 5+ years of full-time hands-on Software Development experience.
- 4+ years of full-time hands-on experience with Node.js.
- 4+ years of full-time hands-on experience with MongoDB.
- 2+ years of full-time hands-on experience with AWS.
- 2+ years of full-time hands-on experience with Serverless.
- 1+ years of full-time hands-on experience with Typescript.
- We're looking for "happy trio" qualifications: AWS (including Lambda, SNS, and SQS), MongoDB, and Node.js.
- Ability to make changes outside of the current specialized role like front-end, QA, and everything else that's required for team to succeed.
- Must be comfortable around both frontend & backend, development frameworks and 3rd party libraries.
- Proven understanding of cloud design in the areas of integral infrastructure, distributed systems, security, and load balancing.
- Experience with data modeling and patterns using NoSQL database.
- Strong knowledge JavaScript, ES6+.
- Ability to challenge and improve the underlying technology stack.
- Ability to collaborate closely with Scrum and Product development teams.
- Ability to embrace and institute best practices and coding standards within the team.
- Ability to contribute to research technologies and fast prototyping.
- Ability to compose detailed design specifications.




- Willingness to actively participate in root cause analysis and design sessions.
**Nice to Have**
- Good knowledge of Docker and deployment life cycle
- Ability to drive performance tuning, automation, monitoring, and testability
- Frontend experience
- Terraform experience
- PHP experience
**Frequently Asked Questions**
- What are your typical clients?_
The majority of our clients are venture-backed startups at the growth stage. Usually, at this stage, the company already achieved a product-market fit and is looking to expand rapidly. That’s where we bring the best engineering practices, strong architecture, the latest technologies, and consistent processes to help companies scale.
- What is the length of your engagements?_
Most of our long-term full-time engagements last multiple years. It allows you to evolve your career with the client company taking on more responsibilities.
- What’s your company size?_
The Right Balance team is 60+ engineers going to 100+ by the end of the year. The current client size team is 25+ people. The timing is great to be a part of a rapidly growing team making meaningful contributions.
- What happens if the engagement is completed?_
Most of our engagements are long-term in nature. That said, if the current engagement is ramping down, we’ll present you with more long-term opportunities to transition into.
- What are your core values?_
- Client First: we only win when our clients win. We treat client challenges as our own.
- Ownership: we embrace responsibility, taking on challenges, getting them to completion, and enjoying getting things done.
Pay: $8,500.00 - $80,000.00 per month
Work Location: Remote

📌 Senior Backend Engineer (México)
🏢 Right Balance
📍 México