Sr. Backend Engineer

Overview

About Aplazo : At Aplazo, our mission is to empower financial access, opportunity, and freedom by connecting people and businesses in Latin America through fair, simple, and transparent financial solutions. We’re building the most beloved and innovative tech organization in Latin America—and we’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Risk & Credit team.

About the Role : As a Senior Backend Engineer (Golang & Java), you’ll help design and build the backend systems that support our Risk and Credit partners, internal teams, and long-term scalability. You’ll work with a modern cloud-based stack, develop critical APIs and services, and contribute to our engineering culture of quality, ownership, and growth.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services in Golang and Java.
• Develop APIs and integrations that enable merchants and internal teams to interact with our platform reliably and efficiently.
• Own problems end-to-end—from identifying needs to deploying code in production.
• Work closely with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver value iteratively.
• Help define and improve our engineering processes, testing strategies, observability standards, and DevOps practices. Foster a strong culture of documentation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Mentor peers, review code, and actively participate in technical discussions.

What We’re Looking For

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Collaboration & Mindset

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Why Aplazo

Personal data collected during the recruitment process will be processed in accordance with the Privacy Notice of Aplazo, S.A. de C.V. (“Aplazo”), available at our Privacy and Policy Notice. Aplazo does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, skin color, sex, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, marital status, disability, social or economic status, sexual preferences, or any other condition or characteristic. Selection is based solely on the qualifications and merits of the candidates.

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