Staff Java Full-Stack Engineer

Staff Java Full-Stack Engineer — LATAM | Remote

About Smarter Consulting

Smarter Consulting, LLC is a U.S.-based technology consulting company helping businesses plan, build, and improve enterprise technology solutions.

Our team brings more than 30 years of combined experience across software application development, technology consulting, process improvement, and enterprise systems.

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Staff Java Full-Stack Engineer based in Latin America to join Smarter Consulting and work with our U.S.-based team and clients.

This is a hands-on senior engineering role. We need someone who is strong technically, still enjoys writing production code, and is comfortable taking ownership of difficult engineering problems from design through delivery.

You won’t just be picking up tickets. We’re looking for someone who can understand the bigger picture, make sound technical decisions, communicate tradeoffs clearly, and help other engineers do their best work.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain backend applications using Java and Spring Boot
• Develop modern frontend applications using React, Angular, or similar technologies
• Design and build REST APIs, services, integrations, and database solutions
• Work across both backend and frontend development
• Make architecture and system design decisions
• Troubleshoot difficult production and performance issues
• Improve application scalability, reliability, and maintainability
• Write clean, well-tested production code
• Review code and provide technical guidance to other engineers
• Work directly with technical and business stakeholders
• Help improve engineering practices, testing, CI/CD, and deployment processes

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Java
• Strong professional experience with Spring Boot / Spring
• Strong full-stack web development experience
• Experience with React, Angular, or another modern frontend framework
• Strong JavaScript and/or TypeScript skills
• Experience designing and building REST APIs
• Strong SQL and relational database experience
• Good understanding of application architecture and system design
• Experience building and supporting production applications
• Experience with Git, automated testing, and CI/CD
• Experience reviewing code and helping other engineers
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and spoken English
• Currently based in Latin America
• Able to collaborate effectively with a U.S.-based remote team

Nice to Have

• AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• PostgreSQL
• Kafka or other messaging technologies
• Microservices and distributed systems
• React + TypeScript
• Cloud architecture experience
• DevOps or infrastructure experience
• Previous consulting or client-facing experience
• Experience mentoring senior engineers or acting as a technical lead

What Staff-Level Means at Smarter Consulting

For us, Staff-level means more than having many years of experience.

We’re looking for someone who can take a loosely defined technical problem, understand what really needs to be solved, evaluate different approaches, make a decision, and help drive the solution through production.

You should be comfortable working independently while also helping the engineers around you.

Most importantly, this is still a hands-on engineering role. We want someone who enjoys building things, not someone who has moved completely away from coding.

Location

100% Remote — Latin America

We welcome qualified candidates across LATAM, including:

Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, and other Latin American countries.

You should be comfortable having reasonable working-hour overlap with our U.S.-based team.

Engagement

Remote position working with Smarter Consulting, LLC, a U.S.-based company.

Location: Remote - Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela

Skills required for this job:

• Applications architecture
• Automated testing
• CI/CD
• Cloud architecture
• Cloud platforms
• Consulting
• Debugging
• DevOps
• Distributed systems
• Docker
• Full stack development in cloud environments
• Git
• Java
• JavaScript
• Kubernetes
• Messaging systems
• Microservices
• REST API
• Relational databases
• SQL
• Software development
• Spring Boot
• Systems design
• Tech leadership
• TypeScript