Lead Software Engineer (Latam, Remote)

We are Kubikware™, a digital agency with 20+ years of experience designing and developing web and mobile platforms, as well as video games, AR/VR apps, and AI/ML. We are headquartered in Miami, FL, with a strong South American team, and have clients and partners in the US market across multiple industries. Among other accolades, we are a 5-time Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America honoree.

We are looking to expand our roster with a Lead Software Engineer (Java & GraphQL) located in Latin America to join a client-facing team through a staff augmentation engagement. This role is backend-focused, with strong ownership over API design, performance, and system scalability.

The ideal candidate has strong experience building enterprise-level backend systems and implementing GraphQL in production environments.

We are looking for:

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot

• Proven experience designing and implementing GraphQL APIs in production

• Experience building and maintaining distributed systems and microservices

• Strong experience with RESTful APIs and API design patterns

• Solid experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)

• Experience with AWS and cloud-based environments

• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and messaging systems (Kafka is a plus)

• Strong ownership mindset and leadership capabilities

• Advanced English communication skills (client-facing role)

• Availability to overlap at least 4 hours with Pacific Time

Nice to have:

• Experience with React or TypeScript

• Experience in high-traffic or consumer-facing platforms

• Experience working in consulting or distributed global teams

We offer:

• Fully remote

• Staff augmentation engagement

• Full-time

• Long-term project with strong extension potential

• Opportunity to work directly with US-based clients

If you’re excited to lead backend initiatives in distributed, high-performance environments, we’d love to connect.

Please no agencies or C2C.