DI Modernization Engineer

Sr. DI Modernization Engineer (Mexico)

Location: Hermosillo and Mexico City (HYBRID)

Mode: Hybrid

Job Title: Sr DI Modernization Engineer

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

Experience: 4+ years

We are hiring Position with the following skill set.

This role is focused on a senior backend engineer who can architect, build, and operate scalable, highly available backend platforms and APIs.

Core Technical Skills

Backend Architecture & Distributed Systems**

• Designing large-scale, high-availability backend systems
• Microservices architecture
• Event-driven architecture
• API platform design
• Scalability, reliability, and performance engineering
• Programming Languages**
• Elixir (mandatory)** — 2+ years of production experience
• Strong backend development experience (8+ years overall)

API Technologies**

• REST APIs
• GraphQL
• gRPC
• Ability to select the appropriate API paradigm based on requirements
• Cloud & Infrastructure**
• AWS (required)
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Production deployment, monitoring, and scaling

Data & Messaging**

• PostgreSQL
• Database performance optimization
• Caching strategies
• Kafka (hands-on experience at scale)

Observability & Reliability**

• DataDog
• Monitoring
• Logging
• Alerting
• SLO-driven engineering

*DevSecOps*

• CI/CD pipelines
• Automated testing
• Security integration throughout SDLC
• Infrastructure automation

*Security*

• Secure API design
• Authentication & authorization
• Access control
• Encryption and data protection

Primary Responsibilities

• Architect and build strategic backend services
• Define technical roadmap and architecture direction
• Lead scalable system design decisions
• Establish observability and reliability standards
• Drive DevSecOps and engineering best practices
• Collaborate across product, engineering, and infrastructure teams

2. Good-to-Have Skillset

These skills strengthen candidacy but are secondary to the core backend/platform engineering requirements.

AI-Assisted Development

• Claude Code expertise
• LLM-based development tools
• AI-assisted coding workflows
• Developer productivity automation

Engineering Practices

• Agile/Scrum experience
• Technical documentation
• API documentation
• Knowledge sharing and mentoring
• Operational runbooks

Soft Skills

• Technical leadership
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Stakeholder management
• Strategic thinking
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Additional Platform Expertise

• Self-service platform design
• Internal developer platforms
• API productization
• Long-term technical roadmap planning
• System modernization initiatives