Sr. DI Modernization Engineer (Mexico)
Job Title: Sr DI Modernization Engineer
Key Skills: Elixir, RESTful APIs, Postgres, Kafka, AWS, DataDog, Claude, Git/GitHub Actions, Jira
Experience: 4+
Location Hermosillo or Mexico City
Mode: Hybrid
We at Coforge are hiring Position (22021) with the following skill set.
This role is focused on a senior backend engineer who can architect, build, and operate scalable, highly available backend platforms and APIs.
Core Technical Skills
Backend Architecture & Distributed Systems
- Designing large-scale, high-availability backend systems
- Microservices architecture
- Event-driven architecture
- API platform design
- Scalability, reliability, and performance engineering
Programming Languages
- Elixir (mandatory) — 2+ years of production experience
- Strong backend development experience (8+ years overall)
API Technologies
- REST APIs
- GraphQL
- gRPC
- Ability to select the appropriate API paradigm based on requirements
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS (required)
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Production deployment, monitoring, and scaling
Data & Messaging
- PostgreSQL
- Database performance optimization
- Caching strategies
- Kafka (hands-on experience at scale)
Observability & Reliability
- DataDog
- Monitoring
- Logging
- Alerting
- SLO-driven engineering
DevSecOps
- CI/CD pipelines
- Automated testing
- Security integration throughout SDLC
- Infrastructure automation
Security
- Secure API design
- Authentication & authorization
- Access control
- Encryption and data protection
Primary Responsibilities
- Architect and build strategic backend services
- Define technical roadmap and architecture direction
- Lead scalable system design decisions
- Establish observability and reliability standards
- Drive DevSecOps and engineering best practices
- Collaborate across product, engineering, and infrastructure teams
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- Good-to-Have Skillset
These skills strengthen candidacy but are secondary to the core backend/platform engineering requirements.
AI-Assisted Development
- Claude Code expertise
- LLM-based development tools
- AI-assisted coding workflows
- Developer productivity automation
Engineering Practices
- Agile/Scrum experience
- Technical documentation
- API documentation
- Knowledge sharing and mentoring
- Operational runbooks
Soft Skills
- Technical leadership
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Stakeholder management
- Strategic thinking
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Additional Platform Expertise
- Self-service platform design
- Internal developer platforms
- API productization
- Long-term technical roadmap planning
- System modernization initiatives
Posted On: June 27, 2026
At Coforge, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.