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Senior Engineering Manager - LATAM

1 month, 3 weeks ago
Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia
Contract
Lead
Engineering Manager
Software Development
Design Systems E-commerce Next.js React
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AOA

AOA

AOA specializes in design and development consultancy for eCommerce, AI Native, and B2B brands, focusing on large-scale Shopify migrations and creating unified commerce solutions that enhance operational efficiency and digital experiences.

Internet Software & Services
Founded 2019
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Description

  • Set and uphold the technical bar across architecture, code quality, testing, and engineering standards.
  • Coach engineers on craft, judgment, autonomy, and technical decision-making through reviews, feedback, and architecture discussions.
  • Own architecture and technical direction across varied project types, stacks, and languages.
  • Run a code review culture that catches issues early, teaches consistently, and maintains quality across projects.
  • Increase the team’s use of AI coding tools and agents through clear patterns, guardrails, and review discipline.
  • Stay hands-on by contributing code to high-risk work, hard problems, spikes, and reusable patterns.
  • Plan monthly delivery cycles so work is clearly sized, realistically committed, and reliably completed.
  • Hold the team to strong task discipline, including clear ownership, accurate status, self-review before QA, and follow-through.
  • Own engineering hiring and assess candidates for craft, judgment, autonomy, and team fit.
  • Partner with design, product, and client-facing teammates to keep delivery clear, coordinated, and well-specified.
  • Own and evolve the engineering operating system, including standards, patterns, review practices, and rituals.
  • Communicate proactively across a remote team, sharing progress, decisions, risks, and recommendations early.

Requirements

  • 4+ years in senior engineering leadership or management, leading and growing engineering teams.
  • 8+ years building production software across multiple stacks and languages.
  • Strong full-stack technical judgment with the ability to stay hands-on and contribute code when needed.
  • Experience delivering both B2B/SaaS products and eCommerce builds.
  • Agency experience leading delivery across multiple clients or projects in parallel.
  • Experience working as an independent contractor.
  • Proven ability to coach engineers, raise their craft, and build autonomy.
  • Strong architecture and system-design judgment across varied technical environments.
  • High standards for quality, including typed, tested code, thorough code review, and self-review before QA.
  • Experience leading estimation, planning delivery cycles, and managing concurrent workstreams.
  • Excellent professional English, spoken and written.
  • Proactive, independent communication in a fully remote team.
  • Reliable overlap with standard US Central Time business hours.
  • Based in Latin America and able to work as an independent contractor.
  • Practical, fluent use of AI coding tools and agents.
  • Deep frontend expertise, especially React and Next.js, is preferred.
  • Backend expertise across server languages, APIs, data modeling, and infrastructure is preferred.
  • Experience building or maintaining design systems or component libraries is preferred.
  • Experience with headless or eCommerce platforms such as Shopify Plus, Shopify Hydrogen, or headless commerce is preferred.
  • Experience with points-based or sprint-based delivery models is preferred.
  • Experience building or scaling an engineering team and its operating system is preferred.

Benefits

  • Compensation of $7,500 USD per month.
  • Remote contract engagement.
  • Opportunity to work with a close-knit team where every person has direct, visible impact.
  • Work on high-impact websites, AI-native apps, and standout eCommerce experiences.
  • Collaborative environment focused on high standards, ownership, and client delight.
  • Use modern AI tools to enhance speed, quality, and clarity while keeping human judgment central.

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