Description

What We’re Looking For:

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer (Level 3 or Level 4) to help scale, stabilize, and evolve core platform services that power critical functionality across Meltwater. 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.

What You'll Do:

• Build, maintain, and improve backend services that support company-wide functionality
• Develop production-grade Node.js services using JavaScript and TypeScript
• Migrate existing JavaScript services to TypeScript to improve scalability and maintainability




• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks (caching, async processing, latency, throughput)
• Reduce technical debt and simplify service architecture for long-term efficiency
• Improve system observability, monitoring, and operational readiness
• Participate in on-call rotations to support production systems and ensure reliability
• Collaborate closely with product, frontend, and UX teams to deliver scalable features
• Contribute to architectural decisions, service design, and platform evolution

For more senior scope (Level 4):

• Own backend services end-to-end, from design through production support
• Lead technical initiatives including migrations, refactoring, and system improvements
• Drive cross-team collaboration and influence engineering standards and best practices
• Mentor engineers and provide guidance on technical design and execution

What You'll Bring:

• Experience building and main

📌 Senior Software Engineer (Ciudad de México)
🏢 Meltwater
📍 Ciudad de México