About the job

Annual releases gave way to two-week sprints years ago, and the platform now handles over 200 million API calls a day. We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year. Most engineers work remotely and come into the office one week a quarter for planning.

Role overview

Torres Labs is looking for a Backend Developer to join a small, steady team. The Payments team owns services that process several million requests a day. We need another engineer who is comfortable owning them in production. Backend role focused on API design, data modelling and making slow things fast. This is a full-time remote role. We use an employer of record in Bosnia and Herzegovina, so you get a proper employment contract, not a freelance agreement. Expect to work a schedule that overlaps with US Eastern business hours until about noon ET.

Key responsibilities

Coordinate with frontend and mobile engineers on API contracts and versioning
Add caching with Redis where it actually helps, and remove it where it doesn't
Instrument services with metrics, structured logs and OpenTelemetry traces
Review code for correctness, performance and failure handling
Handle on-call for services the team owns and lead incident follow-ups
Model data and write migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL or DynamoDB
Secure endpoints with OAuth 2.0, JWT validation and proper input checks

What you need

2-4 years of backend development experience in a production environment
Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure services
Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD pipelines
Strong SQL and relational data modelling skills

Nice to have

Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
Kubernetes, including Helm charts
Terraform or Pulumi
Background with high-volume payment or ledger systems

Benefits

Paid sick days
Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner
Co-working space stipend
Public holidays observed per your country
20 days paid time off
Monthly internet allowance

Candidates must be eligible to work in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Torres Labs.