Definity is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to contribute to a mission-critical project with a leading automotive company in Austin, Texas. This role is ideal for someone with strong technical ownership, solid engineering judgment, and experience building scalable solutions in high-impact environments. At Definity, a leading technology company focused on AI-driven solutions and digital transformation, we are continuously expanding our team to support innovative, high-impact projects.
What you’ll do
- Deliver high-quality, maintainable code that addresses real-world manufacturing challenges
- Lead end-to-end projects from requirements gathering and architectural design through implementation, testing, and production deployment
- Mentor engineers and uphold global standards of excellence in software craftsmanship
- Prioritize robust, production-critical systems with strong validation, monitoring, and support mechanisms
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain
- Interact directly with stakeholders to gather and define requirements, scope, and implementation
What we’re looking for
- Relocation to the United States, Austin, Texas is required, TN Visa sponsorship provided
- This opportunity is open to candidates based in Mexico with a valid Mexican passport and an active visa (tourist or otherwise)
- Bachelor's degree and professional license (cédula profesional)
- 3+ years of professional experience in backend or server-side development.
- Minimum 1 year of recent hands-on experience with Go
- Proven track record delivering large-scale projects in Go, Java, C++, Rust, or similar languages.
- Very strong understanding of backend fundamentals including SQL databases, networking, and security
- Comfortable with frontend technologies (HTML, JavaScript, CSS) and at least one modern framework such as React, Angular, or Svelte.
- Proficiency in rigorous software development practices including version control, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and logging
- Excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives from concept to production
- Advanced English.
- Experience in manufacturing, industrial tech, or enterprise systems
- Familiarity with REST or gRPC API design
- Background working with production-critical systems and on-call rotations