Software Engineer

MercadoLibre
Buenos Aires, Bogotá
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Autonomy","Problem-solving","Analytical thinking","Scalability mindset"]

Design and scale secure, high-impact backend systems as part of the GenAI Gateway engineering team. Build and evolve complex asynchronous architectures, optimize concurrency and data processing, and independently solve difficult technical challenges such as rate limits and resilience strategies. Support tool users and ensure new model integrations meet documentation, billing, and observability standards. Work in a hybrid setup across Buenos Aires and Bogotá.

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Software Engineer

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Job Summary

Design and scale secure, high-impact backend systems as part of the GenAI Gateway engineering team. Build and evolve complex asynchronous architectures, optimize concurrency and data processing, and independently solve difficult technical challenges such as rate limits and resilience strategies. Support tool users and ensure new model integrations meet documentation, billing, and observability standards. Work in a hybrid setup across Buenos Aires and Bogotá.
Location: Buenos Aires, Bogotá
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Contribute to the GenAI Gateway engineering team, building high-availability infrastructure.
  • •Design and evolve complex asynchronous architectures optimizing concurrency and data processing.
  • •Independently solve high-complexity technical problems related to rate limits and resilience strategies.
  • •Support users of the tools built by the team to enable their integration.
  • •Ensure each newly integrated model meets documentation, billing, and observability standards.

Key Requirements

  • •Strong knowledge of Java/Go applied to high-performance microservices.
  • •Experience designing RESTful APIs and applying development practices like SOLID and TDD.
  • •Ability to identify bottlenecks in distributed systems and propose scalable solutions.
  • •Knowledge of SRE and observability methodologies to monitor application health.
  • •Experience with SQL or NoSQL databases and storage systems such as Object Storage and Redis.
Experience:MicroservicesSREObservabilityDistributed systemsBackend
Skills:AutonomyProblem-solvingAnalytical thinkingScalability mindset
Tech Stack:JavaGoMicroservicesRESTful APIsSOLIDTDDSREObservabilitySQLNoSQLObject StorageRedis

Company Brief

MercadoLibre
Operates Latin America's leading e‑commerce marketplace and fintech ecosystem, offering online buying and selling, classifieds, payment processing, credit, and logistics services across multiple countries in the region.
Industry: Online Marketplaces
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Founded: 1999
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