over 1 year ago
Remote, Mexico or Guadalajara, MexicoSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and ship fullstack product features with React, TypeScript, backend services, APIs, and relational databases.
- Translate loosely defined product direction into practical technical plans and working software.
- Build frontend experiences and own the backend services and data models supporting them.
- Design and implement APIs, integrations, workflows, dashboards, and internal tools for early product validation.
- Make architecture decisions balancing speed, reliability, maintainability, and scalability.
- Deploy and operate applications in AWS cloud environments.
- Identify technical risks, product gaps, unclear requirements, and dependencies and propose practical solutions.
- Collaborate with venture builders, product, design, engineering, and technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Work autonomously in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities and requirements.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience as a Fullstack Engineer or in a similar software engineering role.
- Strong proficiency with React, TypeScript, and modern frontend development.
- Strong backend development experience with idempotent APIs and services, application logic, and data-backed workflows.
- Solid working knowledge of Python or willingness to work in Python-based backend environments.
- Proficiency with SQL, relational databases, and data modeling.
- Hands-on experience deploying and operating applications in AWS.
- Demonstrated use of AI-assisted development tools, custom agents, or automation workflows to improve software delivery and code quality.
- Ability to work from incomplete requirements, make reasonable assumptions, and advance work without fully detailed tickets.
- Ability to work in fast-paced startup environments with evolving requirements.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Preferred: experience building 0-to-1 products, MVPs, or early-stage validations.
- Preferred: experience with Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform or similar tools.
- Preferred: experience with AI-enabled products, LLM integrations, or AI-assisted development workflows.
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement.
- Opportunity to build software and hardware ventures from concept through MVP in an early-stage venture studio.
- Collaborative work with venture builders, product, design, engineering, and stakeholder teams.
About UP.Labs
UP.Labs is a venture studio within the UP.Partners ecosystem that co-creates startups with large enterprises, especially in transportation, mobility, and applied AI. It identifies corporate pain points, validates concepts, and builds software and hardware MVPs that are spun out as independent companies, often alongside strategic partners. The privately held firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California and pairs venture-building teams with engineers to deliver operationally grounded products.