Careers at Movate – Colombia
We’re hiring in Colombia
Colombia, the rapidly-growing economy in Latin America, is drawing high interest from top tech companies in search of skilled talent. Being the most prominent US business partner, this nation takes the top spot among the top digital countries globally. Colombia takes the top position in the overall global services location index rankings. The ease of doing business and high population literacy indicate why global technology corporations focus on this part of LATAM. Many government-backed programs have spurred the rise of the digital content and IT industry. A robust cost-to-talent value proposition for the fleshing-out technology services supports these government initiatives. Colombia’s maturing IT ecosystem and infrastructure have evinced acute interest as a viable nearshore option to the Americas by ensuring quick communication and collaboration.
Movate in Barranquilla
Barranquilla, the capital district of Atlántico Department, stands tall as a disruptor city. The city’s English-speaking demography, cultural affiliation to the US, and stable communications infrastructure contribute to its urban awakening. Key attributes driving the shift to this metropolis are its skilled talent community, cybersecurity investments, developing economy, vocational programs, the economy of operations, and its rise as LATAM’s tech center. As Movate endeavors to be the most sought-after employer in the region, the company stands today as the fastest-growing and most-awarded employer offering rewarding career paths.
Barranquilla, the capital district of Atlántico Department, stands tall as a disruptor city. The city’s English-speaking demography, cultural affiliation to the US, and stable communications infrastructure contribute to its urban awakening. Key attributes driving the shift to this metropolis are its skilled talent community, cybersecurity investments, developing economy, vocational programs, the economy of operations, and its rise as LATAM’s tech center. As Movate endeavors to be the most sought-after employer in the region, the company stands today as the fastest-growing and most-awarded employer offering rewarding career paths.
The culture code
Movate was recognized for the “Best Global Culture – 2023” by Comparably; Comparably hailed Movate as the “Best Company for Diversity” and the “Best Company for Women” in 2022.
Look beyond the Americanized feel and Spanish vibes. Movate in Costa Rica combines niche interests, individualistic passions, and multiple identities. Be a part of the next-gen team where digital natives voice their ideas. This is the place for your boldness, optimism, creativity, and passion to unfold. Champion your creative expression and create a future of your own.
Discover an array of career opportunities that can propel your tech career forward.
Job title: Senior Full Stack Engineer
Work Location: Colombia
Experience: 6–8 years
Education Qualification: High School
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Risk Identification: Identify and prioritize meaningful security risks across first-party code, services, infrastructure, build pipelines, and software supply chain components.
- Vulnerability Validation: Validate findings for exploitability, severity, affected products, business impact, and remediation priority.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with Security Research and Product teams to translate novel findings, malicious component discoveries, and emerging attack patterns into research-ready outputs, product improvements, detection opportunities, and customer-facing intelligence.
- Remediation & Mitigation: Work closely with Application Security and Engineering to move validated findings through remediation and reduce repeat vulnerability patterns.
- AI-SDLC Evangelism: Champion modern AI-SDLC practices by translating recurring vulnerability classes, insecure coding patterns, and effective remediation approaches into reusable guidance, detection logic, secure coding standards, and remediation playbooks.
- Fix Implementation: Create clear remediation guidance, engineering-ready fix proposals, and pull requests where appropriate.
Required Skills & Desired Skills
- Experience: 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a Staff Engineer or equivalent technical leadership role.
- Security Expertise: Proven experience identifying, validating, and helping remediate vulnerabilities in production software, services, APIs, infrastructure, or software supply chain components.
- Code Proficiency: Strong ability to read, understand, and reason about complex codebases, preferably including Java, Kotlin, or other JVM-based backend systems.
- Tooling & Methods: Hands-on experience with application security testing methods and tools, such as SAST, DAST, SCA, secret scanning, threat modeling, secure code review, or vulnerability validation.
- AI & Automation: Practical experience using AI-assisted engineering, security analysis, or automation techniques to improve software quality outcomes.
- Communication: Ability to translate security findings into clear remediation guidance, engineering-ready recommendations, and practical risk-based priorities. Strong collaboration skills working across AppSec, Engineering, Product, or Security Research teams.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.
- DevOps Culture: Solid understanding of cloud-native architecture, CI/CD workflows, build pipelines, containers, and modern DevOps practices.
- Leadership: Passion for raising the security bar through technical leadership, mentoring, secure engineering practices, and continuous improvement.
- Advanced English (B2+)
Desirable Certifications:
- SANS: GSEC, GCIH, GCLD, GCID, GMON
- (ISC)²: CISSP, CC, SSCP, CCSP, CAP, CSSLP
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| Job Level | 6 – 10+ Years |
Job title: Lead Full Stack Engineer
Work Location: Colombia
Experience: 10+ years
Education Qualification: high school graduate – professional
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Full-Stack Architecture & Development: Lead the design, implementation, and scaling of robust backend services and intuitive frontend interfaces across our product ecosystem.
- Risk Mitigation & Code Quality: Identify and prioritize performance, scalability, and security risks across first-party code, services, and software supply chain components.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with Product, Design, and Security Research teams to translate complex requirements, novel AI findings, and architectural patterns into production-ready software features.
- Modern AI-SDLC Champion: Champion modern AI-assisted development practices by integrating automated coding standards, detection logic, and secure coding playbooks into the everyday engineering workflow.
- Technical Leadership & Fixes: Provide engineering-ready architectural proposals, guide technical decisions, perform deep code reviews, and drive complex pull requests to completion.
Required Skills & Desired Skills
- Experience: 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a Lead Engineer, Staff Engineer, or equivalent technical leadership role managing complex frontend and backend ecosystems.
- Code Proficiency: Strong ability to write and reason about complex codebases, with deep expertise in Java, Kotlin, or other JVM-based backend systems, alongside modern frontend frameworks.
- Tooling & Methods: Hands-on experience with application engineering testing methods and quality tools (such as SAST, DAST, SCA, threat modeling, or automated unit/integration validation).
- AI & Automation: Practical experience using AI-assisted engineering, automated analysis, or DevSecOps automation techniques to improve software deployment and quality outcomes.
- DevOps Culture: Solid understanding of cloud-native architecture, CI/CD workflows, build pipelines, containers, and modern DevOps practices.
- Communication & Language: Ability to translate technical findings into practical risk-based priorities and clear engineering guidance. Advanced English (B2+) is required for daily cross-functional collaboration.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.
- Leadership: Passion for raising the engineering bar through technical leadership, mentoring junior developers, and fostering continuous improvement.
Desirable Certifications (Plus):
- SANS Certifications: GSEC, GCLD, or equivalent cloud/architecture training.
- (ISC)² Certifications: CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional), CISSP, or equivalent security-by-design credentials.
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| Job Level | 6 – 10+ Years |
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