Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer
Heredia, CR, 40101
About the Role_
Design and deliver scalable, high-performance automotive software systems powering vehicle history, data services, and transaction platforms. This role focuses on Java, React, and AWS cloud-native development, supporting high-volume APIs and real-time data solutions for dealers, lenders, and partners.
A day in this role_
- Lead development of complex features, POCs, and scalable systems.
- Design and build Java/Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs.
- Develop cloud-native solutions on AWS with strong focus on performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and monitoring solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
- Participate in full SDLC, including design, development, deployment, and support.
- Conduct code/design reviews and mentor junior engineers.
- Leverage AI coding assistants to improve productivity and code quality.
The expertise requested_
- 8+ years building distributed, high-volume, multi-tenant systems. FullStack development background is needed for this role.
- Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and API development.
- Hands-on experience with AWS (compute, storage, containers, security, monitoring).
- Experience with event-driven systems and messaging (SQS, Kafka, ActiveMQ).
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog) for logging, tracing, and performance optimization.
- Front-end experience with React, JavaScript, HTML/CSS.
- Experience with PostgreSQL/DB2 and performance tuning.
- Strong knowledge of Agile, SDLC, and engineering best practices.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
- Experience with AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, or similar).
- Ability to effectively use AI tools for code generation, testing, and refactoring while ensuring quality and security.
- Strong understanding of validating and reviewing AI-assisted code outputs to meet enterprise standards and compliance requirements.
- Web Design / Development
- Responsive design / mobile-first development
- Understanding of UI/UX principles
- Cross-browser compatibility
- Accessibility (WCAG)
- HTML/CSS
- Javascript
- Jquery
- Bootstrap
- React (Must have)
- Package Mangers (npm)
- Web Testing Tools
- Website Performance / Optimization
Desired or Nice to have expertise_
- Web security basics
- Mobile App development
Our Core values are focus to inclusion and diversity, all qualified applicants will be considered for employment and will go thru a fair recruitment process regardless of their race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin or disability status.