Sr Software Engineer (PHP/JavaScript)
at Encora10
- Seniority
- Senior
- Work model
- Hybrid · LatAm-friendly
- Location
- Mexico
- Posted
- 5d ago
javascriptphpnext.jsnode.jsexpresslaravelpostgresmysqlawskubernetesdockerci/cd
at Encora10
<p><strong>Job Title:</strong> Sr Software Engineer<br><strong>Key Skills:</strong> <strong>PHP</strong>, Symfony, Laravel, Node.js, Express, NextJS, <strong>JavaScript</strong>, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, <strong>MySQL</strong>, PostgreSQL, DataDog, WordPress<br><strong>Experience:</strong> 5+ years<br><strong>Location:</strong> Hermosillo, or Mexico City<br><strong>Mode:</strong> Onsite/Hybrid</p> <p> </p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">We at Coforge are hiring Position 22654 with the following skill set.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of professional experience to join our Websites Engineering Team, driving the platform. The ideal candidate thrives building scalable and reliable backend systems, with a strong foundation in designing and developing API-based services that handle high traffic volumes while ensuring observability, performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">This role sits within the Consumer Engagement team, responsible for building a real-time interaction layer between car buyers and dealerships, processing millions of signals to create personalized, frictionless journeys and generate actionable leads for our customers. The candidate will design and develop high-performance, API-first services, own the health and uptime of business-critical systems, and apply modern architecture patterns to improve legacy services.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Collaborate with a lead engineer to design and develop high-performance, API-based backend services that meet service-level objectives (SLOs) and scale to support growing business needs.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Own the health and uptime of business-critical systems, participating in on-call rotations to quickly resolve incidents and conducting postmortems to drive continuous improvement.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Partner with product managers, engineering teams, and infrastructure teams to define technical requirements and design scalable, maintainable systems aligned with business goals and product roadmaps.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Champion and implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and security practices throughout the development lifecycle.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Apply architecture patterns and iterative approaches to modernize and improve legacy services.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Ensure comprehensive documentation of API designs, system architectures, and operational procedures to enable internal teams and external customers to build and integrate with the APIs in a self-service manner.</li> </ul> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Required Qualifications</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&]:mb-0 [li_&]:mt-1 [li_&]:gap-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">5+ years of experience in backend development, with a strong focus on designing, building, and operating large-scale and highly available systems, including microservices architectures, APIs, and event-driven systems.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience with PHP and web frameworks like Symfony or Laravel.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience in the Node.js ecosystem and frameworks including Express, NextJS, and other API frameworks.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Proven track record of successfully delivering high-quality software.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Hands-on experience with AWS and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, including deploying, monitoring, and scaling applications in production.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">In-depth experience with RESTful APIs, with the ability to select the appropriate design pattern for different use cases and requirements.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Solid understanding of PostgreSQL and MySQL, caching strategies, and messaging systems, ideally with hands-on experience implementing these at scale.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Proven experience designing and implementing observability solutions (e.g., DataDog) to ensure system reliability, performance, and uptime in production.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions), automated testing, and integrating security throughout the development lifecycle.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Familiarity with end-to-end testing frameworks such as Cypress or Playwright.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Strong collaboration, commu