Monks

Backend Engineer

Monks · Colombia

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
100 days
Monks's roles stay open a median of 102 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
1% of Monks's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Monks
high
362 stale, 18 reposted of 362 open
Hiring momentum
125 roles opened in the last 90 days
↓ down vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-11-14

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Monks's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Monks.

About this role

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Monks, you will design and build scalable services, APIs, and data layers that are crucial for the products. You will collaborate with delivery teams and clients, ensuring that the backend systems are correct, performant, and observable, while also utilizing AI coding tools in your workflow.

Our read on this posting2.0out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Monks as an employer.

What you need

  • 5+ years in backend development with strong Node / TypeScript
  • Solid REST API design and implementation
  • Strong PostgreSQL and relational data modeling
  • Experience building on AWS (e.g. Lambda, SQS, SNS, S3)
  • A good grasp of service architecture and distributed systems
  • Good testing habits

Nice to have

  • You've integrated LLMs or built AI-backed services
  • Experience with event-driven systems and message queues
  • Docker and Kubernetes
  • Depth in another ecosystem (Python, Go) you can bring across
  • Open-source work you're proud to link

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • Position is for a vacancy that will be opening soon, indicating a potential delay in hiring
  • Emphasis on AI tools may require adaptability to new technologies

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Listed by Monks on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-11-14. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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