Backend Developer (Node.js)

applaudostudios· Technology
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🌍 Remote📍 Bogota📍 Bogotá📍 Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia📍 coFull time

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Job Description

About You

You are a Backend Developer passionate about building scalable, high-performance services that power mission-critical applications. You enjoy designing reliable backend solutions, developing event-driven systems, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software.

You thrive in Agile environments where ownership, technical excellence, and collaboration are key to success. You are proactive, enjoy solving complex technical challenges, and are committed to building secure, maintainable, and scalable backend applications.

You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.
  • 4+ years of professional experience developing backend applications with Node.js.
  • Strong experience designing and developing REST APIs.
  • Experience working with messaging technologies such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, Amazon SQS, or similar platforms.
  • Experience deploying and maintaining applications on AWS.
  • Experience building distributed systems and/or Microservices architectures.
  • Experience using Git and working within Agile development environments.
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Upper-Intermediate English proficiency or higher.

You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using Node.js.
  • Build, enhance, and support RESTful APIs.
  • Design, implement, and maintain asynchronous messaging workflows using RabbitMQ or similar technologies.
  • Deploy, monitor, and maintain applications running on AWS.
  • Troubleshoot production issues and implement sustainable solutions.
  • Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical design sessions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software in Agile environments.
  • Promote engineering best practices and contribute to the continuous improvement of backend services.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of Node.js development experience.
  • Experience developing REST APIs.
  • Experience with RabbitMQ, Kafka, Amazon SQS, or similar messaging technologies.
  • AWS experience.
  • Experience with Distributed Systems or Microservices.
  • Git and Agile experience.
  • Upper-Intermediate English proficiency.

Additional Information

About Us

We Are Engineered Different.

At Applaudo, talented people design, build, and scale meaningful, AI-powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI-native organization, we collaborate across design, development, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate, make decisions, and grow.

We are building a high-performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication. These define how we work, how we support one another, and how we hold ourselves accountable.

Applaudo is a place for people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and work alongside strong teams they are proud to belong to. Joining us means being part of an organization that is evolving intentionally, investing in modern ways of working, and leading AI-native transformation at scale.

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This Backend Developer (Node.js) position at applaudostudios was posted on Jul 1, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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