Clara is the leading end-to-end corporate spend management solution for companies in Latin America.
Senior Backend Engineer
Location
Latin America
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Backend Engineer
Clara
• Leading design and implementation for high-impact internal systems and services. • Building the integration platform and surfaces that let other teams connect into the ClarOps backend. • Collaborating across the full product lifecycle, from ideation to deployment. • Elevating the team through code reviews, pairing, and sharing what you know with peers. • Maintaining and evolving microservices within a modern architecture. • Driving cross-team problem-solving and architectural discussions. • Applying AI tools to ship faster and improve how the team works.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of backend development experience, showing proven role-specific execution in production environments.
- Solid foundation in Java and Spring Boot.
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture and event-driven systems using infrastructure components like Kafka.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and modern development tooling.
- Working proficiency in English and Spanish, with the ability to lead technical discussions across geographies.
- High autonomy, proactivity, and ownership mindset.
- A genuine pull toward AI.
- Adaptability to fast-changing, high-growth environments.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and stock options (ESOP) from day one
- Multicultural team with daily exposure to Portuguese, Spanish, and English (our corporate language)
- Annual learning budget and internal accelerated development paths
- High-ownership environment: we move fast, learn fast, and raise the bar — together
- Smart, ambitious teammates — low ego, high impact
- Flexible vacation and hybrid work model focused on results
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