Remote Senior Full-Stack Engineer – Frontend-Leaning - Latin America - HireLATAM

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Job Title: Remote Senior Full-Stack Engineer – Frontend-Leaning (100% Work From Home)

Location: Remote from Latin America

Position Type: Full-time

Salary: $4,000 - 6,500 USD/month depending on experience

Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm Pacific Time

Our Client:

Our client operates two fast-growing, early-stage AI companies at the forefront of innovation—one focused on AI-powered video tools and the other on healthcare AI solutions for insurance verification.

This role offers a front-row seat to how startups are built.

You will work directly with the CEO across both companies, gaining exposure to product development, investor communications, customer acquisition, operations, and strategic decision-making. You'll be involved in real conversations, real execution, and real growth.

If you aspire to build your own company one day, this role is a masterclass. You'll gain more hands-on startup experience in one year than many professionals get in five at a large organization.

High performers will have opportunities to grow into operations, product, or other leadership paths as the companies scale.

Job Overview:

We are hiring a high-ownership Executive Assistant to support the CEO across both companies.

You will manage operations, communications, coordination, and system-building. This is not a passive admin role — it requires organization, judgment, and proactive execution.

If you thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy variety, and take pride in building structure where there is ambiguity, this is a strong fit.

Responsibilities:

Technical Ownership & Leadership (Core to This Role)

• Own projects from start to finish: clarify requirements, propose solutions, align stakeholders, execute, and ship
• Break down ambiguous problems into clear milestones and drive delivery
• Identify risks early and proactively resolve blockers
• Lead technical direction within your domain: set standards, guide architecture, and make pragmatic tradeoffs
• Mentor and support other engineers through pairing, code reviews, coaching, and unblocking
• Communicate clearly and proactively: document decisions (ADRs/specs), share progress updates, and align cross-functional teams

Hands-On Full-Stack Development

Frontend

• Build and maintain product features using React + TypeScript
• Contribute to Vue-based components when needed
• Apply strong component architecture principles
• Deliver polished, scalable UI experiences

Backend

• Design and implement backend services using Python/Django (or FastAPI/Flask) and/or
• Build and consume REST and GraphQL APIs
• Implement real-time features using WebSockets or streaming patterns
• Develop backend logic, data models, and integrations using:
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Celery or background processing systems

Infrastructure & Delivery

• Improve performance, reliability, scalability, and security across the stack
• Contribute to Docker-based development workflows
• Support CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments

Bonus Domain: AI / LLM Work (Highly Desirable)

• Integrate LLM workflows and AI tooling (e.g., OpenAI APIs, LangChain, Hugging Face)
• Build production-grade AI features with attention to:
• Latency
• Observability
• Cost management
• Safety and guardrails

Qualifications, Skills and Key Competencies:

• 5+ years building production web applications in a full-stack capacity (frontend-leaning is ideal)
• Expert-level React + TypeScript experience
• Strong backend experience with Python/Django (or FastAPI/Flask)
• Solid understanding of:
• REST & GraphQL API design
• Authentication & authorization patterns
• Real-time systems (WebSockets, streaming)
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL/MySQL, data modeling, and performance tuning
• Experience working with Docker and containerized development
• Availability during 9am–5pm Pacific Time core hours
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

We are specifically looking for candidates who can demonstrate that they have:

• Led complex projects with multiple moving parts and shipped them end-to-end
• Owned system design decisions and navigated tradeoffs across engineering, product, and operations
• Coordinated or mentored other developers (delegation, reviews, unblocking, technical direction)
• Built credibility through consistent delivery, clean execution, and thoughtful communication

This role requires both execution and leadership maturity.

Nice to Haves:

• Go (Golang) for backend services
• Infrastructure/DevOps experience (AWS, GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability tooling)
• Messaging and streaming systems (Kafka, Redis Streams, background job architectures)
• UI/UX polish (TailwindCSS, Material UI, Framer Motion, design systems)
• Shipping AI/LLM features beyond prototypes (evaluations, prompt/versioning systems, monitoring, cost controls)