Senior Software Engineer (AWS/Node.js)

AR $403K ARS/mo. – UY $160K URU/mo. - Anywhere™ $45K 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 Senior 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 with Native Cloud Development in AWS (this includes building scalable architectures using managed services and containers - things such as Lambda, ECR & ECS, RDS, SSM, API Gateway, among others).
• You have excellent technical expertise with NodeJs (JavaScript & Typescript using tools such as Express and/or Fastify to build REST APIs).
• You have hands-on work experience with unit testing frameworks for NodeJs (Mocha, Jest, Jasmine, or similar).
• Hands-on work experience with at least any other language like C++, Python, Java/Kotlin, or Swift, and good understanding of languages and programming paradigms is required.
• 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) would be a plus.
• Hands-on experience using at least one front-end framework such as React (preferred), Angular or Vue would be a plus.
• Strong knowledge and a deep understanding of RESTful APIs including Authentication & Authorization, API requests and response codes.
• 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.
• 3+ 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).