Lead Software Engineer | Hybrid in Guadalajara

Important IT company At the Latin American level, growth requires:

Lead Software Engineer

Must-Have

Strong hands-on programming expertise in Java and Python, with the ability to design, build, test, and optimise production-grade backend services

Strong experience with React for building modern, responsive, and intuitive user interfaces for enterprise applications

Experience with Next.js or modern front-end architecture patterns alongside React

Deep experience building cloud-native applications using containers, Kubernetes, microservices, and managed cloud services in AWS and/or Azure

Strong expertise in designing and building APIs, including RESTful services, service contracts, versioning, security, and integration patterns

Proven experience with event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, streaming, and resilient distributed system design

Practical experience using AI tools to improve engineering productivity across coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and release workflows

Strong understanding of software engineering quality metrics such as code quality, test automation, reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability

Good to Have

Experience building agentic applications or AI-powered systems using LLMs, orchestration frameworks, retrieval, tool calling, and workflow automation

Experience with API gateway, service mesh, and enterprise integration patterns

Experience with Kafka, event streaming platforms, or large-scale messaging ecosystems

Exposure to CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, and release engineering practices

Experience in regulated enterprise environments where security, governance, compliance, and auditability are critical

Ability to mentor engineers and influence architecture, engineering standards, and developer productivity at team level

ADVANCED CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH AND SPANISH ESSENTIAL (Will be evaluated).

If you are a foreingner residing in Mexico, you must have a valid INE, CURP, NSS and RFC.

Job type: Hybrid.

Location: Guadalajara.

Salary: $120,000 gross

Benefits: Excellent superior benefits.

Tipo de puesto: Tiempo completo

Sueldo: $120,000.00 al mes

Pregunta(s) de postulación:

¿Radicas en GDL o alrededores?

Idioma:

Inglés (Obligatorio)

Licencia/Certificación:

visa de trabajo en México? (Obligatorio)

Lugar de trabajo: remoto híbrido en Guadalajara, Jal.