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Backend Engineer Associate

Clara is the leading spend management platform for companies in Latin America. Our end-to-end solution includes our locally-issued corporate cards, a Bill Pay product, financing solutions, and our highly-rated software platform; already being used by thousands of the most successful companies across the region.

Clara is backed by top global and regional investors such as GGV Capital, Coatue, DST Global Partners, General Catalyst, monashees, Acrew Capital, Kaszek, Citius, Canary, Citi Ventures, Picus Capital, Avid Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, Endeavor Catalyst, Goldman Sachs, Accial Capital, and prominent angel investors.

We are looking for a Backend Engineer who will collaborate with the development team through the complete lifecycle of product development. Guide and train junior developers when it comes to software development best practices and procedures. Enhance and maintain existing software system applications as needed Create software modules and mechanisms that can be reused and make improvements to existing modules. 
 
Our requirements for this position are:
 
Hard Skills:
  • 3+ years of experience developing: Complex, high-performance enterprise software using Java technologies Java - Spring/SpringBoot Hibernate/JPA development
  • Broad experience with relational databases, data modeling, and Object-Oriented software designs
  • Proven experience with: Development using techniques, such as TDD, BDD and FDD
  • Participation in agile development teams (SCRUM, Kanban)
  • Experience with event-driven architectures Git, Github, CI/CD pipelines
  • Have worked with AWS Proven experience with design, implementation, and consumption of RESTful web services
  • Microservices design, implementation and consumption
  • Skills for upholding best practices in engineering, security, and design
Soft Skills:
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor and coach junior developers.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate technical trade-offs and make informed decisions.
  • Skills for upholding best practices in engineering, security, and design.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Participation in agile development teams (SCRUM, Kanban).
  • Proficiency in English.
Additional Skills & Plus:
  • Experience with PostgreSQL databases.
  • Experience with Docker container creation and configuration.
 
What are our virtues and why should we care about them?
* Virtues are helpful and desirable behaviors that help shape our company culture.
* These individual behaviors are what we expect of each other, and they should help us work better together.
* These virtues should be reflected in our output/products

#LI-remote
The way we do things is as important as what we do. That is why we operate on a set of carefully-identified values. They are what we expect from ourselves and each other in our day-to-day.
 

We value

Clarity - Open and direct communication
Simplicity - Pare things down to the essential
Ownership - We're all owners and act like it
Pride - Make quality products we're proud of
Always Be Changing (ABC) - Continuous self-improvement
Inclusivity - Every voice counts; we value each other for our shared mission and contributions
 

We are

* Shaping business finances in Latin America
* Driven by our 6 core values
* Proud of our inclusive and caring culture
* Certified as Top LinkedIn Startup

 

We offer

* Competitive salary & a robust stock ownership plan
* 100% flexible work model
* A set of benefits that are adaptable to your needs & way of life
* Opportunities for growth in a fast-paced environment
* A chance to shape B2B payments in Latin America and increase the region’s economic competitiveness

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