Opportunities in Costa Rica

About The Role

Bluelight is a leading software consultancy dedicated to designing and developing innovative technology that enhances users' lives. With a steadfast commitment to delivering exceptional service to our clients, Bluelight excels in its focus on quality and customer satisfaction. Our mission is not only to create cutting-edge applications but also to foster a collaborative and enriching work environment where each team member can grow and thrive. With a presence across the United States and Central/South America, Bluelight is in an exciting phase of expansion, continually seeking exceptional talent to join its dynamic and diverse community.

We are looking for a skilled individual to join our rapidly growing team at Bluelight. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where everyone's opinions and efforts are valued and appreciated. You will have the opportunity to contribute to challenging and meaningful projects, developing high-quality applications that stand out in the market. We value continuous learning, personal growth, and hard work, offering a collaborative environment that promotes professional development. If you are passionate about software development and eager to be part of a growing software consultancy, we invite you to apply and join us on this exciting journey.

Qualifications And Requirements

• 5+ years professional experience in DevOps, SRE, or DevSecOps roles
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (ECS/Fargate, RDS/Aurora, ALB, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS, S3)
• Experience operating Aurora/PostgreSQL in production, including multi-AZ failover, read replicas, and replica lag monitoring
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
• Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and ECS/Fargate
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with deployment automation and tested rollback paths, including rollback drills
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tooling (OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, or similar)
• Experience with load testing (k6 or similar) and operating services against latency SLOs and error budgets
• Security-first mindset: experience with vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and compliance/hardening practices
• Experience supporting SOC 2 (or similar) audit evidence and client security reviews
• Experience with incident response, on-call rotations, and root-cause analysis
• Substantial background working with large, complex systems
• Ability to overlap US business hours
• Bachelor's degree required
• Extreme ownership and accountability for deliverables
• Client-focused dedication to team commitments
• Best practices knowledge and adherence
• Strong problem-solving ability
• Positive mindset and can-do attitude
• Meticulous attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with S3 Object Lock and long-term archival for audit/compliance retention
• Experience supporting secure multi-tenant environments (e.g., PostgreSQL Row-Level Security)
• Experience supporting database migration tooling and expand/contract schema changes
• Experience in compliance-sensitive or audit-heavy domains (e.g., fintech, telecom/TCPA compliance)

Company Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonuses, including performance-based salary increases.
• Generous paid-time-off policy
• Flexible working hours
• Work remotely
• Continuing education, training, conferences
• Company-sponsored coursework, exams, and certifications

Additional information

Being a consultant in our team is a fun, challenging, and rewarding career choice. Your contributions are highly valued by clients, and the work you do often has a direct and significant impact on their business. You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects for our incredible clients, which will accelerate your career growth. You’ll collaborate with modern technologies and work alongside some of the best professionals in the industry! If you’re eager to be part of an exciting, challenging, and rapidly growing consultancy, we encourage you to apply. #LI-Remote

• 5+ years professional experience in DevOps, SRE, or DevSecOps roles

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (ECS/Fargate, RDS/Aurora, ALB, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS, S3)

• Experience operating Aurora/PostgreSQL in production, including multi-AZ failover, read replicas, and replica lag monitoring

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)

• Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and ECS/Fargate

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

• Experience with deployment automation and tested rollback paths, including rollback drills

• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tooling (OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, or similar)

• Experience with load testing (k6 or similar) and operating services against latency SLOs and error budgets

• Security-first mindset: experience with vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and compliance/hardening practices

• Experience supporting SOC 2 (or similar) audit evidence and client security reviews

• Experience with incident response, on-call rotations, and root-cause analysis

• Substantial background working with large, complex systems

• Ability to overlap US business hours

• Bachelor's degree required

• Extreme ownership and accountability for deliverables

• Client-focused dedication to team commitments

• Best practices knowledge and adherence

• Strong problem-solving ability

• Positive mindset and can-do attitude

• Meticulous attention to detail

• Experience with S3 Object Lock and long-term archival for audit/compliance retention

• Experience supporting secure multi-tenant environments (e.g., PostgreSQL Row-Level Security)

• Experience supporting database migration tooling and expand/contract schema changes

• Experience in compliance-sensitive or audit-heavy domains (e.g., fintech, telecom/TCPA compliance)