Sr Software Engineer - Front-end Architect (LatAm Based Only) at R2

R2 enables platforms to offer flexible financing to their merchants in Latin America

These merchants are typically small and medium businesses (SMBs), which make up over 90% of companies in Latam yet face a trillion-dollar credit gap. At R2, we believe that SMBs are the productive engine of society.

Our mission is to unlock their potential by providing financial solutions that are tailored to their needs, right where they buy and sell. We are reimagining the financial infrastructure of Latin America - where SMBs financial needs are satisfied without ever having to go to a bank.

Who we are

At R2, we believe that small and medium businesses are the productive engine of society. Small and medium businesses (SMBs) make up over 90% of companies in Latin America, yet they face a trillion-dollar credit gap. Our mission is to unlock SMBs’ potential by providing financial solutions that are tailored to their needs. We are reimagining the financial infrastructure of Latin America - where SMBs financial needs are satisfied without ever having to go to a bank.

R2 enables platforms in Latin America to embed financial services that SMBs can then leverage (starting with revenue-based financing and buy now pay later for business customers). We are a tight knit team coming from organizations such as Google, Amazon, Nubank, Uber, Capital One, Mercado Libre, Globant, J.P. Morgan, and Ualá. We are backed by world-class investors such as Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI-focused fund), COMETA, General Catalyst, Hi Ventures, Y Combinator, Femsa Ventures, Prosus, Endeavor Catalyst, among others.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who can design highly scalable systems for Front-end services, integrate our systems into various third-party platforms, foster a culture of technical learning, and encourage teammates to grow into exceptional engineers.

What you’ll work on

• Design and implement scalable front-end architectures using technologies such as Server-Side Rendering (SSR), React, Angular, and/or Vue.js, with the expertise and criteria to choose the right tool for the problem at hand.
• Develop and maintain APIs that integrate with backend systems, ensuring seamless data exchange and synchronisation.
• Implement distributed architecture patterns to improve system scalability, flexibility, and fault tolerance.
• Work closely with the development team to ensure the smooth integration of front-end features into larger, mission-critical applications with tight deadlines.
• Contribute to company-wide standards and reliability.
• Increase the quality of the delivered code, towards a zero-bug policy.
• Think about security throughout everything you do.
• Promote a culture that fosters learning, growth, risk taking, and accountability
• Work with other teams to figure out how to build tools to make them more productive
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in Front-end development and permeate them to the team.

Who you are

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in front-end architecture roles.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture patterns
• Proficiency in API design principles (RESTful APIs) and experience designing scalable APIs for large-scale applications.
• Expertise in front-end rendering libraries, including server-side rendering.
• Experience in designing and implementing robust data models for production using databases like PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and/or Snowflake.
• Experience in containers (Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes).
• Experience working in a fast-paced agile environment and ability to collaborate as part of a cross-functional team.

Bonus points

• Experience designing and implementing Event-Driven architectures.

• Working experience with gRPwC, Service Meshes (Istio, Linkerd, etc), API Gateways, Cyber security.

• Experience building integrations with 3rd-party APIs/services is a big plus. Location: São Paulo, Buenos Aires or Santiago 

• Go

• React

• Python

• SQL

• AWS

• Hasura

• Docker / Kubernetes