Back-End Developer

About Gluo

Gluo, an Orium Company, is a leading eCommerce agency with over 20 years in the market. We implement ecommerce platforms, payment gateways, search engines, content management systems, ERPs, and CRMs. Additionally, we develop new commerce functionalities from scratch.

We specialize in Headless and Composable Commerce. We create flexible, connectable, and scalable stores that enhance your user experience.

We’re a remote company based in Mexico, and our team of 100+ brings together strategists, architects, designers, and developers to craft innovative digital experiences. 

About the Opportunity

Gluo is seeking a Software Developer who approaches technology with curiosity, to contribute to our evolving offerings around retail data platform engineering and composable. In this role, you'll report to the Software Development Manager and you'll work as part of a cross-functional team to help lead the exploration, experimentation, and development of our service offerings around retail and composable.

Responsibilities 

• Provide technical support for Order Management System (OMS) and Point of Sale (POS) systems, ensuring smooth operation and minimal downtime.
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to develop and maintain APIs and middleware for seamless system data exchange.
• Track and document support requests and incidents using a ticketing system, ensuring timely resolution and communication with stakeholders.
• Analyze incident trends to identify recurring issues and recommend proactive measures to prevent future occurrences.
• Work closely with software developers to validate changes, conduct regression testing, and ensure new functionalities meet business requirements.
• Provide feedback on system improvements and collaborate on the development of new solutions to enhance retail operations.

Skills and Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience as a software engineer, with at least 2 years of hands-on experience with retail commerce data infrastructure  (e-commerce preferably composable commerce)
• Hands-on experience working with one or more global cloud service providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure (Preferably AWS)
• Fluent in both Spanish and English (written and verbal)
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and developing microservices-based applications.
• Deep understanding of Computer Science fundamentals and Software Engineering principles
• Strong experience with Scripting languages (Preferably Python)
• Experience with event-driven systems, including queuing and AWS Lambda.
• Experience working with retail data platforms (i.e. POS or OMS) and real-time data management using event streams is preferred
• Experience working with headless/microservices architectures, including digital commerce technologies such as NewStore, Adyen, Avalarra, commerce tools, and Elastic Path Commerce Cloud is an asset

Is the Role a Fit for You?

The Back-End developer role emphasizes team collaboration and technical proficiency, You’ll find fulfillment in the role if you:

• Embrace ambiguity and uncertainty. You appreciate the lean approach to product development and are excited to pivot in response to customer feedback
• Find passion in new challenges. Every chance to learn and move things forward with your can-do attitude or to share your entrepreneurship excites you
• Thoroughly enjoy collaborative work. Knowledge sharing and the chance to be part of a team who co-owns the output, instead of a solo hero who lives and dies by their work alone, is important to you

Something else…

We care a lot about our culture and the people who are part of the team, so there are certain characteristics we look for in each person. 🦸🏻

• Ability to express ideas
• Work under pressure
• Results oriented
• Leadership
• Effective communication skills
• Problem solver
• Proactivity
• Responsibility
• Commitment
• Honesty
• Kindness
• Organizational skills
• Teamwork
• Taste for learning new technologies
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Self-study and research

Benefits and Perks

At GLUO we are looking for people like you for the new challenges ahead. 🚀 If you would love to work in a company that is constantly looking for growth and development, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for. We are a company that makes digital experiences a reality and as such we have to always be at the forefront of technology. We care a lot about people, their welfare, happiness and development in every aspect. The best experiences are our thing, but not only digital, every day we seek that our people, candidates, customers and even our processes always have the best experience.

Why work with us?

We are an agency that cares about your well-being, where we value quality of life and trust, so we work on a responsibility-freedom scheme.

• Home office - You will work from home. 🌎
• You will have fun and have good times together with extraordinary colleagues.
• You will work towards goals and objectives.
• You set the development and professional growth, we support you. 
• You decide where you want your career to go and we grow together.
• Benefits of law.
• Benefits ABOVE the law.
• Cool work environment, with happy people 😊 .

We want to hear from you!

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