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Mobilefirst

Staff Engineer - Backend & Platform 🇦🇷

4mo ago
LATAMLeadRemote
Mobilefirst

Staff Engineer - Backend & Platform 🇦🇷

4mo ago
LATAMLeadRemotebackendci/cdinfrastructurearchitecturedeveloper toolingscalability

Lead backend and platform engineering initiatives to build scalable, reliable services and infrastructure for mobile-first business software.

Conditions

  • Competitive salary (in USD or local equivalent)
  • Equity package
  • 10-day team retreats abroad every quarter
  • Trips to our Hubs (Pairs/Miami/BA) for onboarding and more
  • Laptop and work setup of your choice
  • Coverage for private health insurance (for US or LATAM hires)
  • A tight, ambitious team building something real — fast

How to apply

  • Click the Apply button on this page to send your application.
  • No cover letter needed just tell us who you are and why this role fits you.
  • We welcome people from all backgrounds.
  • If you’re part of an underrepresented group in tech, we especially want to hear from you.

Other

  • Most tools for small businesses weren’t built for real operators. They were built for employees in offices, not people running a business from their phone.
  • We’re changing that.
  • We build mobile-first business software that feels like a consumer app, runs on AI, and spreads like a creator brand.
  • Our first product, Allo , gives you a second number on your phone, answers missed calls with AI, transcribes everything, and syncs it to your CRM.
  • Over 20,000 businesses use it every day. Next up: expenses, invoicing, and more.
  • We’ve raised +15 million dolars from Base10, Lightspeed, EMBLEM, and 30+ top operators. Our team is based in Paris, Buenos Aires , Miami .
  • Drive the evolution of our backend technology, infrastructure, and AI capabilities to ensure high performance, scalability, and seamless integration for our platform.
  • Work closely with our CTO and engineering team to design and evolve the core backend and platform architecture that powers all our applications.
  • Mentor and support other engineers.
  • Lead complex technical initiatives across backend systems, data infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling.
  • Define and implement scalable foundations that allow the team to ship faster and operate reliably as we grow.
  • Designing and evolving the backend architecture that powers our products and internal platform.
  • Building scalable and reliable services.
  • Improving infrastructure, observability, reliability, and deployment workflows across the engineering stack.
  • Working directly with cloud services (e.g., AWS, Supabase, Cloudflare).
  • Leading technical decisions and helping the team scale operationally.
  • Strong expertise in backend development with languages like Kotlin, Java, Go, Python, or similar.
  • Proven experience building and operating scalable backend systems in production.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems, reliability, and performance optimization.
  • Experience integrating AI models or AI-powered workflows into real product systems is a strong plus.
  • Strong experience designing scalable architectures and making high-impact technical decisions.
  • Ability to design systems that remain reliable, observable, and maintainable as the company scales.
  • Experience designing and improving developer platforms, CI/CD pipelines, or internal engineering tooling.
  • Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and production environments.
  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as New Relic, Datadog or similar.
  • You care about why we build things, not just how.
  • You ask smart questions, challenge ideas when needed, and help shape what’s next.
  • You think in terms of user value and business impact.
  • You communicate clearly, give feedback with no ego, and help others grow.
  • You move fast, take ownership, and thrive in ambiguity.
  • You're comfortable working in English and in a small team with big goals.
  • You’ve worked in product companies.
  • 7+ years of experience building and operating large-scale backend systems.
  • Experience owning or influencing architecture decisions across teams.
  • You’re proactive, autonomous, and comfortable operating in early-stage startup environments.
  • You can communicate in English, since that’s our official language. Most of the team also speaks Spanish and French.
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