Fullstack Engineer (work from home in Medellin, Colombia)

Fullstack Engineer

Searching for a Fullstack Engineer (long-term contractor) to work from home in the Medellín, Colombia area! Please submit your CV/Resumé in English, thank you!

Do you get fired up about building seamless end-to-end experiences—designing sleek, responsive frontends with Vue.js, TypeScript, and CSS, and powering them with solid, scalable backends in Python and SQL? Do you thrive when you're solving real, complex problems and bringing ambitious ideas to life? We're building modern web apps that go beyond the basics—incorporating AI, machine learning, and video analysis to unlock what’s next. We’re looking for engineers who communicate with clarity, love to collaborate, and aren’t shy about showing their work. If you’re excited to jump in, make an impact, and help shape where we’re headed, we’d love to have you on board.

Responsibilities

Front-End Excellence

• Implement new user-facing features in the Linqia Platform using Vue.js, Vuex, and TypeScript.
• Translate conceptual ideas (business needs and user goals) into intuitive and engaging experiences.
• Collaborate with product, design, and QA teams to define UI/UX strategy and ensure a smooth user experience.

Back-End Mastery

• Architect and implement robust, scalable server-side applications using Python.
• Write complex SQL queries (e.g., with Trino or similar) to gather and analyze data from multiple sources.
• Develop and maintain microservices supporting our platform, ensuring seamless integration with front-end components.
• Design, optimize, and troubleshoot relational and non-relational databases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate RESTful APIs and ensure smooth end-to-end functionality.

Code Quality and Collaboration

• Write thoroughly tested features, actively participate in code reviews, and take ownership of the codebase—front to back.
• Develop comprehensive end-to-end integration tests to ensure that systems function as intended.
• Stay up to date with the latest technologies and industry trends to drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• BS degree in Computer Science or a similar technical area of study (or equivalent practical experience).
• 2–4 years of experience as a software engineer/developer, with exposure to both front-end and back-end development.

Technical Skills

Front-End: Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, JavaScript with TypeScript, Vue.js, Vuex/Pinia, and Webpack/Vite.

Back-End: Proficiency in Python, with a strong grasp of building and integrating APIs using FastAPI.

Databases & Data: Skilled in SQL and database optimization techniques. Experience with both relational and non-relational databases is a plus.

Architecture & Tools: Experience working with microservices architecture. Familiarity with Git/GitHub for version control.

Agile Environment: Front-end or fullstack experience working in an Agile setting.

Testing & Performance: Strong commitment to code quality, testing, and performance optimization.

Soft Skills

• English language proficiency required.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities, with a knack for creative solutions.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, comfortable working in cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have

• Postgraduate degree in CS or further education/experience in a technical field.
• Experience working in AWS or a similar cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, Azure).
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker.
• Knowledge of message queues and streaming platforms, such as Apache Kafka.
• Understanding of caching mechanisms and performance optimization techniques.
• Experience with performance testing and profiling tools.
• Familiarity with machine learning concepts and frameworks using LLM.
• You’ll Grow at Linqia

Influencer marketing is chaotic. Linqia brings the calm in the chaos. We’re a leader in the influencer marketing industry. We're a mature and growing tech start-up, having experienced 100% year-over-year growth and break-even. We partner with the world's largest brands including General Motors, Bayer, Kimberly-Clark, Unilever, Albertsons, McDonalds, and Walmart to build compelling and effective influencer marketing campaigns. Our AI-driven platform and team of experts are leading the transformation of influencer marketing and leveraging creator content. We combine the science and accountability of online media with award-winning creativity to deliver the greatest return on investment and results for our clients’ paid, owned, and earned media.

We value intelligence, recognize talent and have instilled a culture that supports career development and growth for our employees. We thrive on innovation and accountability, with a customer first attitude that adds true value to everything we touch. Our team members are smart, hard-working, have integrity and love to have fun as we play to win.

This position description is intended to describe the duties most frequently performed by an individual in this position. Linqia is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. We actively encourage women, people with disabilities, veterans, underrepresented minorities, and LGBTQ+ people to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes or candidates through this Web site or directly to employees. Linqia does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with us.

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