Senior AI-Native Software Engineer

Company Overview:

Global Technology Services is a rapidly expanding organization situated in Medellín, Colombia. We pride ourselves on possessing one of the most influential networks within software development and IT services for the entertainment, financial, and logistics sectors. Our corporate projections offer a multitude of opportunities for professionals to elevate their careers and experience substantial growth. Joining our team means engaging with expansive engineering teams across Latin America, Philippines and the United States, contributing to cutting-edge developments in multiple industries.

Position Title: AI-Native Software Engineer

Category: Software Engineering.

Seniority: Senior

Location: Onsite Long Beach, CA, USA.

What you will be doing:

We are looking for a Sr AI-Native Software Engineer with strong experience building scalable backend systems using Node.js, distributed architectures, and modern data technologies. The ideal candidate has experience working with e-commerce systems and understands how high-volume transactional platforms, integrations, and event-driven architectures operate.

This role will focus primarily on backend development while also contributing to emerging AI-powered capabilities, agents, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations. Candidates do not need to be AI experts, but should have a solid conceptual understanding of how LLMs, AI agents, tools, MCP, and AI-driven workflows work and how they can be integrated into production applications.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of strong professional experience in backend software development.

• Strong hands-on experience with Node.js and modern JavaScript/TypeScript development or other similar languages like python, Java, C#, Etc.

• Experience designing and developing distributed systems and microservices.

• Practical experience with Apache Kafka or similar event-streaming technologies.

• Experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, or similar.

• Experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, or similar.

• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and backend integrations.

• Strong understanding of software architecture, scalability, concurrency, reliability, and distributed-system concepts.

• Familiarity with e-commerce platforms or systems, preferably involving high-volume transactions, orders, inventory, payments, catalog, or customer data.

• Understanding of AI/LLM concepts and how AI can be integrated into software applications.

• Familiarity with AI agents, including concepts such as tools, function calling, context, orchestration, and agent workflows.

• Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) and its purpose in connecting AI models with tools and external systems.

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience building AI-enabled applications or integrating LLM APIs.

• Experience with React or modern frontend development.

• Experience implementing or consuming MCP servers/tools.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills

• Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects

• Strong communication skills.

• 6 paid sick days (48 hours) per year
• 15 paid vacation days annually
• Medical & Dental Benefits for the employee. Eligibility begins on the first day of the month following thirty (30) calendar days of continuous employment
• Company-paid holidays
• FMLA leave in accordance with applicable regulations
• Eligibility for a discretionary performance bonus
• 401(k) retirement plan: no employer matching contribution is provided
• Severance benefits, if applicable

Salary Range:
130,000-180,000 USD