Staff Software Engineer

About this role

Job Title: Staff Software Engineer
Location: Remote – Latin America (Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina preferred)
Type of Contract: Full-Time | Remote
Salary Range: Market Rates (Flexible for the right candidate)
Language Requirements: Professional English proficiency required
We are seeking a skilled Staff Software Engineer with deep backend architecture expertise and proven startup experience to join our growing team. You will play a key role in designing, building, and scaling complex financial systems across backend services, APIs, data workflows, and frontend applications. Your work will directly impact platform scalability, transaction reliability, engineering velocity, and the long-term evolution of core product infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities

Design, architect, and scale distributed backend systems supporting high-volume financial and workflow-driven applications

Build and ship end-to-end product features across backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and frontend applications

Translate ambiguous business and product requirements into scalable, maintainable engineering solutions

Drive architectural decisions and establish long-term technical direction for core platform systems

Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Leadership teams to deliver impactful customer-facing solutions

Make thoughtful technical tradeoffs balancing speed, scalability, reliability, and maintainability

Contribute hands-on across the stack while mentoring engineering teams through strong technical leadership

Leverage AI-assisted development tools and workflows to improve engineering efficiency, iteration speed, and delivery quality

Take ownership of critical technical initiatives from concept through production deployment and ongoing optimization

Must-Have Qualifications

5+ years of experience at a high-performing technology company with exposure to large-scale engineering systems and strong development practices

Additional startup experience in fast-paced, low-structure environments with high ownership expectations

Strong backend engineering expertise with professional experience in Python

Proven experience designing scalable backend architecture and distributed systems at scale

Demonstrated ability to build systems from scratch or significantly scale existing platforms

Strong product mindset with the ability to understand how technical decisions impact customers and business outcomes

Comfortable contributing across the stack, including APIs, backend services, data workflows, and frontend applications

Experience making architectural tradeoffs informed by scalability, reliability, performance, and long-term maintainability

Ability to work independently, make decisions with incomplete information, and drive projects end-to-end

Strong communication and collaboration skills with experience working cross-functionally and directly with leadership teams

Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude or similar technologies within engineering workflows

Preferred Qualifications

Experience building fintech, SaaS, workflow automation, or financial infrastructure platforms

Background working at companies such as Ramp, Brex, or similar high-performing engineering organizations

Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and scalable system design patterns

Experience improving engineering velocity through AI-assisted software development workflows

Track record of owning architecture decisions and long-term platform evolution

Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams

Benefits

Meaningful equity / stock options

Flexible PTO plus U.S. or local holidays

Health and wellness stipend

Fully remote and flexible work environment

Home office stipend

Learning and professional development stipend

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