Join Nortal for your next big adventure. We are seeking aSenior AEM Backend Developer to join our team, grow with us, and teach us a few things along the way. Why join Nortal - Say Goodbye to Micromanagement: We champion autonomy, open communication, and respect for diversity as our core values. - Outcomes Over Hours: We believe in a work model focused on impact, providing you with the flexibility to balance your professional success with your personal well-being. - Vibrant Community: Join our close-knit LATAM remote team and connect through tech talks, virtual coffee breaks, and team-building activities. - Support from Day One: Our People Care team is here to support you throughout your journey, from wellness check-ins to professional growth. Our benefits ✨ - Competitive USD salary. - 100% remote work: While you can work from anywhere, you’re always welcome to connect with teammates and grow your network at our coworking spaces across LATAM. - Paid off & national holidays: Take the time you need according to your country’s regulations while receiving your full salary. - Sick leave: Focus on your health without stress. Take the necessary time to recover and feel better. - Annual credit: Spend it on the perks you love to enhance your work-life balance. - Team-building activities: Join us for coffee breaks, tech talks, and after-work gatherings to bond with your Nortal family and feel part of our vibrant community. - Birthday off: Enjoy an extra day off during your birthday week to celebrate in style with friends and family. About the project As a Senior AEM Backend Developer, you will work closely with architects, product owners, and cross-functional teams to design and implement backend solutions in Java and Spring Boot on AWS, translating business requirements into high-quality, production-ready code. You will be part of a global delivery team, taking ownership of complex backend features, contributing to architectural decisions, and helping drive Agile best practices across the team. What you’ll do - Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java and Spring Boot, following microservices architecture patterns. - Model and evolve relational data stores, write performant SQL, and manage schema migrations in production environments. - Design, build, and consume RESTful APIs, applying versioning, contract testing, and clear integration patterns. - Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot services on AWS, working with compute (EC2, ECS, EKS, or Lambda), managed databases (RDS), storage (S3), messaging (SQS, SNS), and observability tooling (CloudWatch). - Implement observability practices across services: structured logging, metrics, tracing, and actionable alerting. - Lead code reviews, enforce coding standards, and mentor mid- and junior engineers on backend and cloud best practices. - Collaborate with architects to contribute to solution design decisions and technical documentation. - Debug, profile, and optimize performance at the service, database, and infrastructure level. - Contribute to CI/CD pipeline improvements and deployment automation. - Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, backlog refinement). - Communicate delivery status, technical risks, and blockers effectively to team leads and client stakeholders. What makes you a great fit 🎯 - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. - 5+ Years of backend software engineering experience. - 3+ Years of hands-on experience with Spring Boot and the broader Spring ecosystem (Spring Data, Spring Security, Spring Cloud). - Strong proficiency in Java (Java 11 or later), with a solid understanding of the JVM, concurrency, and modern language features. - Proven experience designing, building, and operating microservices in production. - Strong knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or equivalent), including data modelling, indexing, and query optimization. - Working experience with AWS core services in a production environment, including compute, managed databases, storage, and networking fundamentals. - Solid understanding of RESTful API design, integration patterns, and API lifecycle management. - Working knowledge of containerization (Docker) and at least one orchestration platform (ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes). - Experience with Maven or Gradle build pipelines and dependency management. - Active use of AI coding tools as part of daily development workflow, particularly Claude Code, Windsurf, or equivalent. - Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments. - Advanced English Level is required for this role, as you will work with US clients. Effective communication in English is essential to deliver the best solutions to our clients and expand your horizons. Global Impact, Local Culture 🌍 For over 25 years, we’ve been shaping digital transformation, delivering complex solutions for global enterprises and public sector organizations. Today, we are at the forefront of an AI-driven transformation era, helping organizations turn data into real business value. By combining deep domain expertise with data and AI, we design solutions that create immediate impact while scaling for the future.   We believe complexity doesn’t have to mean complicated, and that the best solutions are those that work in the real world, not just on paper. That’s why our clients trust us with their most ambitious, business-critical initiatives.  Apply now and let’s shape the future of technology together! 🧑‍💻 By applying to this position, you authorize Nortal to collect, store, transfer, and process your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy. 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