
Senior Backend & Infrastructure Engineer | Remote | LATAM Only | 85123 at Remote Talent LATAM. About us:. At Remote Talent LATAM, we connect top Latin American talent with leading U.S. marketing agencies. We guide businesses and candidates through every step of the hiring process, ensuring the perfect match in skills, culture, and goals. While we’re not direct employers, we act as a trusted partner, bridging the gap between exceptional talent and growing opportunities.. Our Client. Our client Is a U.S.-based digital health company on a mission to deliver exceptional care experiences for patients. Through a combination of technology and clinical expertise, Their platform serves healthcare organizations across the U.S. and reflects a commitment to innovation, patient-centered care, and operational excellence.. About the Role. Our client is seeking a Senior Backend & Infrastructure Engineer to lead scalable backend development and cloud architecture. This role is ideal for an experienced Python engineer with FastAPI expertise, strong AWS knowledge, and a passion for building secure, high-performance systems that integrate seamlessly with modern DevOps practices.. Key Responsibilities. . Backend Development: Build and maintain scalable FastAPI-based APIs, design efficient PostgreSQL schemas, and implement event-driven architectures with Redis, RabbitMQ, or Kafka.. . Infrastructure: Manage AWS architectures (VPC, ECS/EKS, Route 53, Cloudflare) and support multi-region deployments for high availability.. . Security & Compliance: Enforce HIPAA standards, manage IAM, implement secure authentication (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT), and apply Zero Trust principles.. . DevOps & Automation: Develop CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), define IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation, and automate containerized workloads.. . Monitoring & Reliability: Set up observability practices, log aggregation, distributed tracing, and multi-region monitoring with automated alerts.. . . 5+ years of combined experience in backend development and infrastructure management. . Expert-level Python programming skills with 2+ years of FastAPI (or similar) production experience. . Deep expertise in AWS services (VPC, EC2, IAM, RDS, S3, ALB, Route 53, API Gateway, ECS, EKS). . Strong experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design and query optimization and production experience with technologies like Aurora and RDS. . Proficiency with message brokers (Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka) and async task management. . Hands-on experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, and container orchestration. . Experience with CI/CD tools, particularly GitHub Actions. . Strong knowledge of security best practices and HIPAA compliance requirements. . Proven experience with multi-region cloud deployments and disaster recovery. . Experience with observability tools and monitoring solutions . . Company Location: Brazil.