Abstra
Software Engineer - Business Systems
About this role
As a Software Engineer on the Business Systems team within Platform Engineering, you'll build the systems that make our mission run: managing certifications and credentialing, handling enrollment and orders, keeping learners informed, and holding the record of everything they've earned. You'll spend most of your time writing backend services and APIs, connecting certification workflows to commerce, communications, and the third-party platforms we depend on, including payment processors, learning management systems, and credentialing vendors. Location:LATAM 100% Remote. Working hours are based on the US Pacific Time Zone. Minimum 6-hour overlap About the Company: Abstra is a fast-growing, Nearshore Tech Talent services company, providing top Latin American tech talent to U.S. companies and beyond. Founded by U.S.-bred engineers with over 15 years of experience, Abstra specializes in sourcing skilled professionals across a wide range of technologies to meet our clients’ needs, driving innovation and efficiency. Key Responsibilities
- Software Delivery: Design, build, and maintain well-tested backend services and APIs that support certification, commerce, and learner-communication workflows.
- Collaboration: Work closely with stakeholders to identify, understand, and document project requirements. Collaborate effectively with your teammates, give and receive constructive feedback, and stay aligned with team goals.
- Team Standards: Work within existing team standards to keep solution delivery and process consistent, and help improve those standards as you learn what works.
- Test-Driven Development: Use test-driven development to turn stakeholder needs into high-quality, maintainable solutions.
- Personal Growth: Bring genuine curiosity to your work. Apply what you learn, and share it with the team so everyone gets better together.
- AI Innovation: Help drive the adoption of emerging AI paradigms, including agentic development and LDD. Required Qualifications:
- Proficiency in modern AI development practices, specifically architecting and leveraging AI agents, Large Language Models (LLMs), and LDD principles
- 3+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining production software services, ideally in a cloud-native environment
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (Go and Python are used)
- Proficient with test-driven development
- Proficiency with Git, including cherry picking, squashing, and rebasing