Fullstack Software Engineer

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Newsela

πŸ“Remote - Argentina, Brazil

Summary

Join our team as a Full Stack Engineer Contractor based in Argentina or Mexico! You will play a key role in developing high-quality features and APIs powered by ML/AI models. Your focus will be on building scalable and maintainable backend services while also contributing to frontend development. You will collaborate in a fast-paced Agile environment, working closely with various teams to deliver reliable systems. This role requires 3+ years of backend development experience and a strong understanding of relational databases. While benefits are not included, this is a remote position.

Requirements

  • Have 3+ years of experience in backend development with exposure to frontend technologies
  • Be self-directed, organized, and proactive in solving engineering problems
  • Have hands-on experience building and scaling REST APIs and designing performant, sustainable data models
  • Have a solid understanding of relational databases and write efficient, optimized queries
  • Be comfortable interfacing and collaborating with sibling engineering teams
  • Be comfortable working independently while also collaborating closely in cross-functional teams
  • Embrace Agile methodologies and contribute actively to sprint planning and refinement

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain robust APIs and backend services to work with the ML/AI services, models and infrastructure
  • Contribute to frontend feature development, ensuring seamless integration with backend logic. Work in the Next.JS and React ecosystems
  • Write high-quality, maintainable, and testable code across the stack
  • Take end-to-end ownership of feature development, from ideation to deployment
  • Collaborate with ML/AI and other teams to break down work, groom tickets, and plan sprints
  • Partner closely with Product Managers, Designers, and QEs to turn goals into clear, actionable work

Preferred Qualifications

  • Have experience with Django, Pydantic, or similar backend frameworks
  • Have experience working on full stack teams or with modern frontend frameworks like Next.js and React
  • Have exposure to LLMs or machine learning model integration

Benefits

This role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits

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