Senior Java Backend Engineer (Ingeniero/a Backend Senior en Java) - Remote

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong data-start="314" data-end="386">Ready to accelerate your career?</strong></h2> <div> <p data-start="563" data-end="823">Clara is the fastest-growing company in Latin America. We've built the leading solution for companies to make and manage all their payments. We already help over 20,000 large and growing businesses operate with agility and financial clarity through locally issued corporate cards, bill pay, financing, and a powerful B2B platform built for scale.</p> <p data-start="563" data-end="823">Clara is backed by some of the most successful investors in the world, including top regional VCs like monashees, Kaszek, and Canary, and leading global funds like Notable Capital, Coatue, DST Global Partners, ICONIQ Growth, General Catalyst, Citi Ventures, SV Angel, Citius, Endeavor Catalyst, and Goldman Sachs - in addition to dozens of angel investors and local family offices. <br><br>We’re building the financial infrastructure that powers high-performing organizations across the region. We invite you to join us if you want to be part of a fast-paced environment that will accelerate your career and support you to do some of the best work of your life alongside a passionate and committed team distributed across the Americas.</p> </div></div><h3 data-start="272" data-end="290">What you'll do</h3> <p data-start="292" data-end="719">We're looking for a <strong data-start="312" data-end="344">Senior Java Backend Engineer</strong> to lead the design and development of backend services that power Clara’s financial platform. You’ll own key architectural decisions and collaborate across teams to ensure our systems are performant, secure, and built to scale. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high-impact environment and wants to shape the future of backend engineering at Clara.</p> <p data-start="721" data-end="756">Your responsibilities will include:</p> <ul data-start="757" data-end="1543"> <li data-start="757" data-end="875"> <p data-start="759" data-end="875">Designing and implementing robust backend services using <strong data-start="816" data-end="824">Java</strong>, <strong data-start="826" data-end="836">Spring</strong>, <strong data-start="838" data-end="853">Spring Boot</strong>, and <strong data-start="859" data-end="875">Spring Batch</strong></p> </li> <li data-start="876" data-end="983"> <p data-start="878" data-end="983">Architecting scalable, distributed systems and <strong data-start="925" data-end="942">microservices</strong> that support our core financial products</p> </li> <li data-start="984" data-end="1082"> <p data-start="986" data-end="1082">Modeling data and managing <strong data-start="1013" data-end="1027">PostgreSQL</strong> and <strong data-start="1032" data-end="1041">Redis</strong> for both transactional and caching needs</p> </li> <li data-start="1083" data-end="1161"> <p data-start="1085" data-end="1161">Building and securing <strong data-start="1107" data-end="1123">RESTful APIs</strong> for internal and external consumption</p> </li> <li data-start="1162" data-end="1248"> <p data-start="1164" data-end="1248">Working with <strong data-start="1177" data-end="1207">event-driven architectures</strong> and tools like <strong data-start="1223" data-end="1232">Kafka</strong> or <strong data-start="1236" data-end="1248">RabbitMQ</strong></p> </li> <li data-start="1359" data-end="1447"> <p data-start="1361" data-end="1447">Mentoring junior engineers, enforcing best practices and quality standards</p> </li> <li data-start="1448" data-end="1543"> <p data-start="1450" data-end="1543">Collaborating with stakeholders to deliver technical solutions that align with business goals</p> </li> </ul> <h3 data-start="1545" data-end="1560">Who you are</h3> <p data-start="1562" data-end="1716"><em data-start="1562" data-end="1716">We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.</em></p> <h4 data-start="1718" data-end="1733">Must haves</h4> <ul data-start="1734" data-end="2490"> <li data-start="1734" data-end="1844"> <p data-start="1736" data-end="1844">5+ years of experience in backend development using <strong data-start="1788" data-end="1796">Java</strong>, including <strong data-start="1808" data-end="1823">Spring Boot</strong> and <strong data-start="1828" data-end="1844">Spring Batch</strong></p> </li> <li data-start="1845" data-end="1935"> <p…