Senior Backend Developer (Golang/Python)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Developer (Golang/Python): Leading projects to elevate engineering velocity and code quality across backend services, with an accent on core platform components like service bootstrapping, formatting pipelines, and IDE support. Focus on designing scalable backend systems, evolving core tooling, and driving best practices in backend architecture.

Location: Work from home, restricted to Mexico

Company

Encora is a global company that offers Software and Digital Engineering solutions, including Cloud Services, AI, and Cybersecurity.

What you will do

• Design and lead high-impact projects to improve frameworks, common libraries, and the backend development lifecycle.
• Own and evolve core tooling used across the monorepo, including static analysis, code formatting, and project scaffolding.
• Build developer experiences with enhanced IDE plugins (VSCode, Goland, PyCharm) and interface definition tools like Protobuf.
• Drive best practices in backend architecture through standardization, automation, and opinionated defaults.
• Mentor engineers across the organization and champion team values.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align on tooling investments, migration strategies, and security improvements.

Requirements

• At least 6+ years of experience in similar roles.
• Significant experience building scalable backend systems in Go and/or Python.
• Deep familiarity with server-side frameworks such as Django or Go-based systems.
• Experience with interface definition tools like Protobuf.
• Strong track record designing or maintaining internal developer platforms or shared infrastructure.
• Experience mentoring engineers, guiding technical decisions, and contributing to team-wide strategies.

Culture & Benefits

• Global company specializing in various software and digital engineering solutions.
• Hiring based solely on skills, without discrimination based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.