Senior Software Engineer – AI Data Infrastructure

Latamcent
Brazil +3 more
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior full-stack engineers who have experience building AI infrastructure and can work autonomously in a remote, startup environment.

Best fit for

  • Senior engineers with a track record of building AI training data and evaluation platforms
    — “building the training data and evaluation systems used by leading frontier AI labs
  • Candidates who have led technically sophisticated products in fast-paced startups
    — “Experience founding and building a technically sophisticated product
  • Individuals with strong cloud infrastructure and distributed systems expertise
    — “Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP

Things to consider

  • The role demands high accountability and independent problem-solving in a demanding startup environment
    — “High-accountability mindset and ability to perform effectively in a demanding startup environment
  • Remote work is expected from Latin America, with no mention of flexibility for other regions
    — “Work Setup: Remote from Latin America

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with human-in-the-loop systems and AI data workflows in your resume
    — “Develop human-in-the-loop platforms, annotator workflows, and related tooling
  • Demonstrate your ability to make pragmatic trade-offs in technical decisions
    — “Make pragmatic trade-offs between speed, simplicity, reliability, and maintainability
  • Showcase your active GitHub contributions with real-world AI infrastructure projects
    — “Active GitHub profile with real projects demonstrating a strong builder mindset
  • Emphasize your influence over product direction and technical design in prior roles
    — “As an early engineering team member, you will have significant influence over core systems, technical decisions, and product direction
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • Design and build scalable systems
  • Own projects end-to-end
  • Build and improve infrastructure supporting AI training data and evaluation
  • Develop human-in-the-loop platforms
  • Solve complex scalability, reliability, and distributed systems challenges
Typical background
5+ years of professional software engineering experienceStrong coding fundamentals in Node.js and TypeScript, Python, and/or Go

Skills & requirements

Required

Distributed SystemsScalabilitySystem DesignCloud PlatformsApisNosql DatabasesTechnical Trade-offsBuilder MindsetAutonomous WorkHigh-output Engineering TeamAI Training DataEvaluation Systems

Preferred

Founding Engineer At A High-growth StartupBuilding Infrastructure Or Platforms For AIHuman-in-the-loop PlatformsFraud Detection SystemsAnnotator Workflows

Stack & domain

Node.jsTypeScriptPythonGoAWSGCPKubernetesApisNosql DatabasesAIData Infrastructure

About the role

Original posting from Latamcent via Ashby

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our client is an early-stage AI infrastructure company building the training data and evaluation systems used by leading frontier AI labs. The company designs high-signal datasets and rigorous evaluations that help improve the next generation of AI models.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will have end-to-end ownership of projects across full-stack and platform engineering. You will build human-in-the-loop platforms, fraud detection systems, scalable data infrastructure, and annotator workflows.

You will work directly with leading AI labs and gain exposure to emerging model capabilities before they reach the broader market. As an early engineering team member, you will have significant influence over core systems, technical decisions, and product direction.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Design and build scalable systems, with a focus on the company's expert platform.
  • Own projects end-to-end, from technical design through implementation and deployment.
  • Build and improve infrastructure supporting AI training data and evaluation.
  • Develop human-in-the-loop platforms, annotator workflows, and related tooling.
  • Solve complex scalability, reliability, and distributed systems challenges.
  • Collaborate with research, product, and design to ship features quickly without sacrificing quality.
  • Write clean, maintainable code and contribute to technical documentation.
  • Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions.
  • Make pragmatic trade-offs between speed, simplicity, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Identify problems proactively and drive solutions independently.

REQUIREMENTS

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience preferred.
  • Strong coding fundamentals in Node.js and TypeScript, Python, and/or Go.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and system design.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, APIs, and NoSQL databases.
  • Strong ability to reason through technical trade-offs and balance speed with reliability.
  • Active GitHub profile with real projects demonstrating a strong builder mindset.
  • Ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively with a high-output engineering team.
  • Proactive approach to identifying problems and driving solutions without extensive direction.
  • High-accountability mindset and ability to perform effectively in a demanding startup environment.
  • Strong bias toward simple solutions to complex problems.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to clearly articulate why you want to join an early-stage startup and work in AI now.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience as a founding engineer at a high-growth startup.
  • Experience founding and building a technically sophisticated product.
  • Previous success in fast-paced startup environments.
  • Experience building infrastructure or platforms for AI, data, evaluation, or human-in-the-loop workflows.

COMPENSATION & LOGISTICS

  • Compensation: $84,000–$120,000 USD annually
  • Equity: Competitive equity package
  • Work Setup: Remote from Latin America

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE IN YOUR FIRST 3–6 MONTHS

  • Take ownership of meaningful engineering projects and ship them from design through production.
  • Become a reliable contributor to the core systems supporting AI training data and evaluation.
  • Improve the scalability and reliability of key platform components.
  • Ship product and infrastructure improvements while maintaining a high engineering standard.
  • Build strong working relationships across engineering, research, product, and design.
  • Proactively identify technical problems and drive them toward practical solutions.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Our client is a rapidly growing AI infrastructure company building systems that help leading AI labs create training data and evaluate model performance.

The company is an early-stage, post-Series A organization with a small engineering team and significant individual ownership. Engineers have the opportunity to work on technically challenging problems and directly influence the systems powering the next generation of AI.

Source: Latamcent careers (Ashby)

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