Lead DI Modernization Engineer

Lead DI Modernization Engineer

Job Title: Lead DI Modernization Engineer

Key Skills: Elixir, RESTful APIs, Postgres, Kafka, AWS, DataDog, Claude, Git/GitHub Actions, Jira

Experience: 8+ years

Location Hermosillo or Mexico City

Mode: Hybrid

We are hiring Position with the following skill set.

Backend Engineering & System Design

• 8+ years of backend software engineering experience
• Designing and operating large-scale, highly available, distributed systems
• Microservices architecture
• Event-driven architecture
• API design and development
• Scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability best practices
• Strong software architecture and technical leadership capabilities
• Elixir (Critical Requirement)
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Elixir
• Deep understanding of the Elixir runtime/ecosystem
• Building production-grade backend services using Elixir
• Cloud & Infrastructure
• Strong AWS experience
• Docker containerization
• Kubernetes orchestration
• Production deployment, monitoring, and scaling
• APIs & Service Communication
• REST APIs
• GraphQL
• gRPC
• Ability to select the appropriate protocol/pattern based on use case
• Data Layer
• PostgreSQL
• Database design and optimization
• Caching strategies
• Messaging & Event Streaming
• Kafka
• Designing and operating Kafka-based systems at scale
• Observability & Reliability
• DataDog
• Monitoring
• Logging
• Alerting
• SLO/SLA-driven operations
• DevSecOps
• CI/CD pipelines
• Automated testing
• Secure software development practices
• Security integration throughout the SDLC
• Security
• Secure API design
• Access control
• Data encryption
• General application security principles
• AI-Assisted Development
• High proficiency with Claude Code or similar AI coding tools
• Demonstrated use of LLMs to improve development productivity
• Collaboration & Communication
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Technical documentation
• Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

2. Good-to-Have Skillset

These are valuable differentiators but appear secondary to the core backend/Elixir requirements:

Leadership & Strategic Thinking

• Defining technical roadmaps
• Long-term architecture planning
• Domain ownership
• Technical mentorship and guidance
• Must Have
• Elixir (2+ years)
• Backend Engineering (8+ years)
• AWS + Docker + Kubernetes
• Kafka
• PostgreSQL
• REST / GraphQL / gRPC APIs
• DataDog Observability
• CI/CD + DevSecOps
• Distributed Systems & Microservices
• AI-assisted development (Claude Code or equivalent)

Nice to Have

• Technical leadership/architecture ownership
• Platform engineering mindset
• Agile delivery experience
• Advanced documentation practices
• Reliability engineering and operational excellence
• Cross-functional stakeholder management