9 months ago
Guatemala City, GuatemalaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and implement scalable backend solutions using TypeScript.
- Execute technical projects, define appropriate solutions, and apply software development best practices.
- Own technical deliveries and meet project deadlines.
- Participate in code reviews and promote code-quality standards.
- Develop and maintain robust internal and external APIs.
- Integrate and optimize AWS cloud services using serverless architectures.
- Apply domain-driven design principles to enterprise solution modeling.
- Design and maintain distributed and event-driven systems.
- Design and manage NoSQL databases, including DynamoDB and MongoDB.
- Implement automated unit and integration testing.
- Participate in agile planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Mentor new and junior engineers and contribute to technical learning.
- Propose technical improvements and participate in code optimization and innovation initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- More than three years of backend software development experience.
- Strong TypeScript and API development experience.
- Knowledge of AWS and serverless tools including Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and CloudWatch.
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code frameworks such as CDK or SAM.
- Strong automated unit and integration testing practices.
- Understanding of distributed and event-driven architectures using SNS, SQS, Kafka, and EventBridge.
- Knowledge of NoSQL databases and efficient data modeling.
- Experience applying domain-driven design principles.
- Familiarity with CI/CD and Scrum or Kanban.
- Analytical problem-solving, collaboration, communication, attention to code quality, mentoring, and willingness to learn new technologies.
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About Vana
Vana provides short-term consumer loans through an Android app, underwriting with non-traditional data and machine learning to reach underbanked users in Latin America. The privately held fintech, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Guatemala City, earns revenue from interest and fees on credit. Its product focuses on quick application and approval, in-app account management, and customer support via chat and email.