Sr Software Engineer at Mercado Libre
Bogotá
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Jul 1, 2026
Bogotá
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend-focused senior engineering role centred on designing and scaling secure systems, with a specific emphasis on security frameworks — including the company's own MELI SAMM framework and a security MCP. Day-to-day work involves collaborating with security specialists, building new framework features, analysing service metrics and logs, and mentoring teammates. Suits experienced backend engineers with distributed systems knowledge and some applied AI experience.
Senior level · Bogotá, Colombia
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
This role is based in Bogotá, Colombia — US salary benchmarks do not apply.
The posting is written in Spanish. All requirements are drawn from the '¿Qué buscamos en vos?' (What we're looking for) section, which functions as the hard-requirements block.
Python and Go are listed as interchangeable options ('Python o Go'); emitted as one skill with Go as an alternative.
Relational databases are mentioned alongside KVS and NoSQL but no specific product is named; emitted as the named categories only.
Distributed architectures, EDA, Clean Architecture, DDD, clean code, and SOLID are design/methodology concepts rather than named tools and are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
AI/ML experience is listed as a hard requirement ('Contar con experiencia aplicando inteligencia artificial…') in the requirements section.
The role is hybrid (not fully remote), based on 'Modalidad de trabajo híbrida. Bogotá, Colombia' at the end of the posting.
No compensation range, employment type, or degree requirement is stated.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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