890 API Architect Senior Remote LATAM
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Job Location:
Buenos Aires - Argentina
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
11-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
API Architect (GraphQL Enterprise APIs) LATAM
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Location: Anywhere in LATAM
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Job Type: Remote
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Project: Enterprise-grade API Platform
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Time Zone: Americas (GMT-3)
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English Level: B2/C1
Get to Know Us Darwoft
At Darwoft we build digital products with heart. Were a Latin American tech company focused on creating impactful human-centered software in partnership with companies around the globe. Our remote-first culture is built on trust continuous learning and collaboration.
Were passionate about technology but even more about people. If youre looking to join a team where your ideas matter and your impact is real welcome to Darwoft.
About the Role
Were looking for a hands-on API Architect part builder part strategist to design and lead the evolution of a modern enterprise-scale API platform. Youll define the technical vision architect and deliver a GraphQL-first API framework and guide a team of senior backend engineers through migrations from legacy REST/SOAP/gRPC services.
This role blends technical leadership with strong collaboration skills ideal for someone who thrives in designing large-scale secure and resilient backend systems.
What Youll Be Doing
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Define and implement the target API architecture (GraphQL-first complemented by REST/gRPC where appropriate).
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Establish API standards reusable libraries and governance for authentication authorization error handling and schema management.
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Design and build modular frameworks (gateways schema registries documentation SDKs developer tooling).
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Lead API migrations from legacy systems with minimal downtime and measurable business impact.
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Enforce high standards of quality security and reliability automated testing CI/CD observability and compliance.
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Drive performance optimization: caching data loaders N1 mitigation and query complexity controls.
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Collaborate closely with platform data and DevOps teams to ensure scalability and consistency across services.
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Mentor senior backend engineers and foster a strong engineering culture focused on clarity automation and reliability.
What You Bring
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8 years of backend engineering experience including 3 years designing or leading enterprise-scale API platforms.
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Deep expertise in GraphQL (schema design federation schema composition query cost limits).
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Strong knowledge of REST gRPC and event-driven architectures.
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Proficiency in at least one typed backend language (TypeScript/ Go Java/Kotlin or C#).
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Proven track record building high-performance scalable backend systems (horizontal scaling idempotency resilience patterns).
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Cloud & DevOps experience with Kubernetes containers service mesh API gateways and IaC (Terraform/Pulumi).
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Solid understanding of security best practices (OAuth2/OIDC JWT mTLS secrets management least privilege).
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Familiarity with databases and streaming technologies: Postgres/MySQL DynamoDB/MongoDB Redis Kafka.
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Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills able to present trade-offs and influence technical decisions.
Nice to Have
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Experience with GraphQL Gateway/Federation (Apollo GraphQL Mesh Hot Chocolate).
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Knowledge of DDD CQRS event sourcing or multi-region architectures.
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Exposure to compliance frameworks (SOC 2 HIPAA PCI-DSS).
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Developer portal experience (Backstage) and advanced DX tooling (SDKs codegen).
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Background leading cross-functional platform programs involving product security and SRE teams.
What Darwoft Offers
Contractor Agreement (USD)
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Competitive payment in USD
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100% remote work
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Argentinas public holidays
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English classes
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Referral program
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Access to learning platforms
Key Skills
- Apache Hive
- S3
- Redshift
- Spark
- AWS
- Solr
- NoSQL
- Data Warehouse
- Internet Of Things
- Kafka
- DynamoDB
- ZooKeeper
