Lead Software Engineer
Must-Have • Strong hands-on programming expertise in Java and Python, with the ability to design, build, test, and optimise production-grade backend services
• Strong experience with React for building modern, responsive, and intuitive user interfaces for enterprise applications
• Experience with Next.js or modern front-end architecture patterns alongside React
• Deep experience building cloud-native applications using containers, Kubernetes, microservices, and managed cloud services in AWS and/or Azure
• Strong expertise in designing and building APIs, including RESTful services, service contracts, versioning, security, and integration patterns
• Proven experience with event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, streaming, and resilient distributed system design
• Practical experience using AI tools to improve engineering productivity across coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and release workflows
• Strong understanding of software engineering quality metrics such as code quality, test automation, reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability
Good to Have • Experience building agentic applications or AI-powered systems using LLMs, orchestration frameworks, retrieval, tool calling, and workflow automation
• Experience with API gateway, service mesh, and enterprise integration patterns
• Experience with Kafka, event streaming platforms, or large-scale messaging ecosystems
• Exposure to CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, and release engineering practices
• Experience in regulated enterprise environments where security, governance, compliance, and auditability are critical
• Ability to mentor engineers and influence architecture, engineering standards, and developer productivity at team level
Remote
ADVANCED ENGLISH
Skills Required
- Strong hands-on programming expertise in Java and Python, able to design, build, test, and optimise production-grade backend services
- Strong experience with React for building modern, responsive, and intuitive user interfaces for enterprise applications
- Experience with Next.js or modern front-end architecture patterns alongside React
- Deep experience building cloud-native applications using containers, Kubernetes, microservices, and managed cloud services in AWS and/or Azure
- Strong expertise in designing and building APIs, including RESTful services, service contracts, versioning, security, and integration patterns
- Proven experience with event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, streaming, and resilient distributed system design
- Practical experience using AI tools to improve engineering productivity across coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and release workflows
- Strong understanding of software engineering quality metrics such as code quality, test automation, reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability
- Experience building agentic applications or AI-powered systems using LLMs, orchestration frameworks, retrieval, tool calling, and workflow automation
- Experience with API gateway, service mesh, and enterprise integration patterns
- Experience with Kafka, event streaming platforms, or large-scale messaging ecosystems
- Exposure to CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, and release engineering practices
- Experience in regulated enterprise environments where security, governance, compliance, and auditability are critical
- Ability to mentor engineers and influence architecture, engineering standards, and developer productivity at team level
- Advanced English proficiency (communication)
What We Do
VALCE Talent Solutions is a recruitment agency and consulting firm specializing in IT talent acquisition and nearshoring, primarily in Mexico. They design customized solutions in IT talent and process optimization to help businesses scale intelligently and profitably. Their expertise focuses on specialized industries including Information Technology, Operations Management, and Supply Chain, providing end-to-end talent offerings to attract and retain top professional profiles.
