Backend Engineer (AWS + Node + Typescript)

NerdWallet develops a financial platform to help people find the right credit cards and mortgage rates. We are now @NerdWallet! We’re excited to join forces with NerdWallet, pairing our data and tech solutions with their trusted brand and knowledgeable financial guidance to help more consumers and SMBs match with better financial products and make smarter money moves. 

Software Mind is seeking qualified candidates to fill the role of Backend Engineer (AWS, Node, TypeScript, SQL) located in Latam. 
 
In addition to a competitive salary rate and a positive work environment committed to delivering high-quality technology solutions, we also offer: 

• Flexible schedules and authentic work-life balance 
• Opportunities for continuing education 
• Social activities per country sponsored by the company 
• Birthday celebration 
• Payment in US Dollars 

 
About the role 

Our client develops a financial platform to help people find the right credit cards, mortgage rates, and various other financial service products and information to enable them to make the best financial decisions for their unique needs.  

We are looking for an Engineer focused on the Backend side and with solid AWS experience. This person needs to have system design experience to help us rebuild our services natively in AWS. 

Main Responsibilities 

• Migrate existing cloud infrastructure from Aptible to AWS 
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand current architecture and design equivalent solutions in AWS 

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Job Skills/Requirements 
- +90% English written and oral (at least B2 level) with excellent communication skills 
- Expertise in AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda) 
- Senior-level experience with Node.js, TypeScript, APIs, and SQL 
- Experience with relational databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL 
- Strong understanding of AWS and able to work alongside / support existing AWS Cloud Engineers and DevOps engineers 
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) using Amazon Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for infrastructure as code  
- Working knowledge of container orchestration and management, especially with Docker and AWS ECS/EKS. 
- Ability to take business requests and break them down into manageable steps to achieve a goal 
- Capable of designing a moderately sized software project, putting together a project plan to accomplish it, tracking progress, and executing it with a team 
- Able to see the big picture of how systems interact with one another 

Nice to have: 
- Experience with Infrastructure as a Code (IaC) 
- Understanding of ETL pipelines 
- Understanding of Snowflake 
- Experience with GraphQL 

We are looking for a Backend Engineer with expertise in AWS, Node, TypeScript, and SQL to work on a team focused on credit card and financial products and services. The focus of the work is API-based development. The person we are looking for will be proactive and self-starter with a high sense of ownership. They are someone who works well in collaborative environments and is able to up-level the team by providing mentorship, code reviews, pairing, and sharing their knowledge and experience.