Software Engineer - Latam or Europe

Bitso
Latin America
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Ownership","Problem-solving"]

Join Bitso’s Nexus Squad to own the reliability, scalability, and evolution of the pay-in/pay-out systems that move billions worldwide. You’ll design event-driven, high-throughput, microservices in a fintech environment, working with Kafka, PostgreSQL, and cloud-native tech. Expect cross-functional collaboration, high stakes, and opportunities to influence architecture and best practices in production-grade systems.

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Bitso
Bitso
2 months ago

Software Engineer - Latam or Europe

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Job Summary

Join Bitso’s Nexus Squad to own the reliability, scalability, and evolution of the pay-in/pay-out systems that move billions worldwide. You’ll design event-driven, high-throughput, microservices in a fintech environment, working with Kafka, PostgreSQL, and cloud-native tech. Expect cross-functional collaboration, high stakes, and opportunities to influence architecture and best practices in production-grade systems.
Location: Latin America
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own pay-in and pay-out systems: design, build, and maintain the core infrastructure that processes financial transactions and moves billions of dollars worldwide.
  • •Architect event-driven solutions: design Kafka-based pipelines and workflows that guarantee correctness, ordering, and resilience at scale.
  • •Drive technical decisions: lead architecture discussions, define and use patterns, and set standards for the pay-in and pay-out domain in collaboration with the Nexus team.
  • •Deliver high-quality code: write clean, well-tested, high-performance Java code and champion engineering best practices through code reviews.
  • •Embrace AI-assisted development: leverage tools like Cursor, Claude, and CodeRabbit as part of your everyday workflow, contribute to skills and guardrails development, and apply Spec-Driven Development (SDD) practices to ensure solutions are well-defined, reviewable, and aligned before implementation begins.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Remote WorkPaid LeaveEquityHealth InsuranceParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •You are experienced in Java backend development, with a proven track record of shipping production systems at scale.
  • •You are familiar with event-driven architecture patterns (event sourcing, CQRS, sagas) and have hands-on experience operating Apache Kafka in high-throughput, real-money environments.
  • •You have designed and implemented distributed, fault-tolerant microservices that handle financial or similarly critical transactional data.
  • •You have solid experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred), including schema design, migrations, and query optimization.
  • •You are comfortable with cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or equivalent), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience:FintechPayments
Skills:CommunicationOwnershipProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:JavaApache KafkaPostgreSQLAWSGCPDockerKubernetesCI/CD

Company Brief

Bitso
Bitso is a leading Latin American cryptocurrency exchange offering trading, custody, and payment services that enable individuals and businesses to buy, sell, and remit digital assets across the region.
Industry: Trading Platforms
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: Mexico City, Mexico
Founded: 2014
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