4 hours ago
Remote, Americas or Bogotá, ColombiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Architect and build full-stack applications for data-driven operational workflows.
- Develop backend APIs, workflow orchestration, automated triggers, and system synchronization.
- Build production frontend experiences with React and TypeScript.
- Establish architecture patterns, coding standards, and maintainable engineering practices as an early core engineer.
- Lead code reviews, guide peers, and contribute to hands-on implementation.
- Diagnose reliability and performance issues across applications, services, integrations, and datastores.
- Deliver measurable improvements to product capability, operational efficiency, or system quality.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on software development using Java or Python.
- 5+ years building backend services, APIs, or other data-driven applications.
- 5+ years working with MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or comparable technologies.
- 4+ years building production applications with both React and TypeScript.
- Strong HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript ES6+ skills.
- Experience with REST or GraphQL APIs, RPC-style communication, and JSON-based integrations.
- Production cloud experience with a strong focus on AWS.
- Experience leading code reviews and improving software quality.
- Evidence of tangible impact from personally delivered engineering work.
- Technical bachelor's degree.
- Ability to shape architecture, establish coding standards, guide peers, and remain hands-on.
- Preferred experience with billing systems, service-oriented or event-driven architecture, frontend GraphQL including Apollo, messaging systems, design systems, Jest, React Testing Library, Webpack, Vite, web accessibility including WCAG, production debugging, large-scale or high-performance systems, and enterprise environments.
Benefits
- Contract engagement at 40 hours per week.
- Anticipated engagement through March 31, 2027.
- Candidates must be based in LATAM and provide full US Central Time coverage.
- This is not currently a contract-to-hire opportunity.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSCSSGraphQLHTMLJavaJavaScriptJestMongoDBMySQLPostgreSQLPythonRabbitMQReactTypeScriptWebpack
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About Lifted
Lifted builds a global platform for enterprises to source, contract, manage, and pay contingent workers with embedded compliance. The software integrates into existing contingent workforce ecosystems and supports multiple worker types across countries. Lifted operates as an Upwork company, serving organizations that need to centralize contingent programs and streamline cross‑border payments and documentation.