Senior / Lead Fullstack Engineer

About the Role
We're looking for a Senior or Lead Full Stack Engineer to build web applications across the entire stack. You'll work on both frontend and backend systems, shipping features end-to-end and helping define how our products come together.
At E2, you independently own features and deliver high-quality code across the stack. At E3, you're the technical leader of your squad—owning entire systems, driving architecture decisions, and mentoring engineers.

What You'll Do
Build end-to-end — Design and implement features across frontend and backend

Own systems — Take responsibility for web applications from idea to production (E3)

Write quality code — Deliver clean, testable, well-documented code on both sides of the stack

Drive technical decisions — Contribute to (E2) or lead (E3) architecture and design discussions

Mentor engineers — Help teammates grow through pairing and code review

Leverage AI daily — Use AI tools to accelerate development, testing, and problem-solving

Improve observability — Build monitoring and alerting into systems from the start

Handle incidents — Respond to and resolve production issues across the stack

What We're Looking For
Technical
3+ years fullstack experience (5+ for E3)

Strong backend skills: Java/Spring (Python or Go a plus)

Strong frontend skills: Angular or React, TypeScript, HTML/CSS

Experience with APIs (REST, GraphQL), databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB), and cloud infrastructure (AWS)

Solid testing practices across the stack

Comfortable with CI/CD pipelines and observability tools

AI Fluency
Uses AI tools (Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT) daily for coding, debugging, and testing

Builds reusable prompts or workflows that help the team (E2)

Uses AI strategically for architecture exploration, large refactors, and prototyping (E3)

Eager to stay current on AI capabilities relevant to development and fintech

Communication
Writes clear technical documentation

Explains trade-offs effectively to engineers and stakeholders

Fluent in Spanish; working knowledge of English for cross-team collaboration

Mindset
Product-minded—you think about user experience and business outcomes

Comfortable moving between frontend and backend as needed

Strong ownership; you see problems through to resolution

Nice to Have
Mobile development experience (Flutter, React Native)

Experience in fintech, payments, or e-commerce

On-call and incident response experience

Contributions to shared libraries, tooling, or internal platforms

Our Stack
Backend: Java/Spring, Python, Go · PostgreSQL, MongoDB · AWS (ECS, Lambda) · GraphQL
Frontend: Angular, React · TypeScript · HTML/CSS
Tools: DataDog · Pulumi · Jenkins

Why Aplazo
Our mission is to empower financial access and opportunity across Latin America through fair, simple, and transparent solutions. Our tech vision: be the most beloved and innovative tech organization in Latin America.
We're a Series B fintech growing fast—you'll have real ownership across the stack, and ship features that reach millions of customers.

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