Backend Engineer - LatAm

Simetrik is a B2B platform that empowers financial and operational teams to automate reconciliations and manage risks using no code and generative AI. The company has established itself as a market leader in Latin America and is expanding its international reach.

Requirements

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python and modern frameworks such as Django and FastAPI.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs with clear contracts for internal and external consumers.
• Model and optimize relational data structures, primarily on PostgreSQL, including queries, indexing, and performance tuning.
• Implement and run batch jobs and pipelines leveraging AWS services such as Batch, S3, EC2 and CloudWatch.
• Build and operate event-driven components using brokers such as Apache Pulsar, Kafka or equivalents.
• Design and implement AI or MCP-based agents that interact with internal systems, orchestrate tasks, and deliver tangible operational value.
• Ensure observability for the services you own, including metrics, logs, alerts and dashboards, and drive incident reduction over time.
• Apply feature flags, rollout strategies and zero-downtime deployment practices to ship safely and frequently.
• Write unit and integration tests, keep technical documentation up to date, and participate in code reviews with a focus on quality and maintainability.

Benefits

• Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions and competitive salaries.
• Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits, creating and collaborating is everyday business.
• Open communication with management and company leadership.
• Small, dynamic teams = massive impact.
• 500USD a year for you to invest in learning.