Lead Software Engineer (AWS/Java)

AR $610K ARS/mo. – UY $240K URU/mo. - ES €54K EUR/yr. - Anywhere™ $66K USD/yr.

Come shape the future of tech - Join SOUTHWORKS and write code for some of the biggest brands in the world, exciting scale-ups, and the industry leaders of the future.  

SOUTHWORKS is a rapidly growing global software development company with engineers in 8+ countries deploying its Make Everything Right™ approach and “Own it, Bring it, Prove it” ethos to help customers solve their toughest dev challenges.  At SOUTHWORKS you’ll be tackling new things all the time, have the freedom to self-direct your own work, and work with other sharp, skilled coders who know how to do top-notch, innovative work in record time. 

Join SOUTHWORKS for the opportunity to grow like crazy, work remotely, and build your anything-but-average career with a hyper-growth tech company.

YOUR MISSION

We are looking for a Software Engineer with full-stack agile software development skills to help us grow our business by writing code for some of the biggest brands in the world, scale-ups and future industry leaders, and set a new standard for high-quality, high-profile projects. You will be working as part of an elite three-person Fireteam with other sharp, skilled coders who know how to do top-notch, innovative work in record time to help our customers solve their most vexing technical problems.

YOUR PROFILE

• You have hands-on work experience developing systems that are used in large cloud scale production environments.
• You have hands-on work experience with Cloud Development using Amazon Web Services building solution with services like Lambda, ECS/ECR, EKS, Kinesis, S3, EC2, IoT among others.
• You have excellent technical skills and relevant experience with Java (using tools such as Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, and Maven).
• You have hands-on work experience with unit testing frameworks for Java (JUnit, Mockito, or similar).
• You have hands-on work experience with any other language like Python, C++, Go, JavaScript, C#.
• Familiarity with DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines (Terraform, Pulumi and such), and/or hands-on experience with automation & configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef), good knowledge of database management would be a plus.
• You have experience with a variety of data stores and designing suitable data models.
• You can provide analysis of complex problems and recommend solutions.
• You have a computer science degree or relevant professional experience.
• You have an excellent command of English, both written and verbal.
• 5+ years of experience in a similar position.

Work from anywhere* - SOUTHWORKS grew with the vision of being a remote-first company. We’ve grown the team without any geographical or cultural boundaries and built a bullet-proof remote-first process that allows collaboration between SOUTHIES and clients all around the world.

How we care for SOUTHWORKS people - We want SOUTHIES to be happy and healthy both inside and outside of work. Our benefits and perks vary by country, but they’re all based on the philosophy that taking care of our people is key to our promise of Make Everything Right™. We know that everyone is different, so what we offer is constantly evolving based on employee feedback. 

An equal opportunity employer - At SOUTHWORKS, we don’t just accept difference—we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our services and our community. SOUTHWORKS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.   

(*) SOUTHWORKS only hires individuals from countries that are not blocked or sanctioned by the United States, including those identified on the United States Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC).