Software Engineering Architect (Frontend)

Join dLocal as a Software Engineering Architect (Frontend) and be part of a global team that makes it possible for companies to collect payments in 40 countries in emerging markets. Define and steward the frontend architecture, establish an organization-wide frontend baseline, and lead web performance strategy.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional web development experience
• 3+ years in technical leadership or frontend architecture roles
• Expert knowledge of React and TypeScript
• Hands-on experience with SSR frameworks (e.g., Next.js or similar)
• Strong command of build/bundle tooling (e.g., Vite/Webpack), testing (Jest/Vitest, Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress), and quality gates (ESLint/Biome, Prettier)
• Demonstrated web performance optimization and observability experience
• Solid understanding of frontend security best practices and modern authentication/authorization patterns in web apps
• Experience integrating CI/CD for frontend projects and working with design systems/component libraries
• Excellent communication skills and ability to write clear technical documentation
• Node.js experience for BFF/SSR and familiarity with edge rendering/CDN strategies
• Experience with micro-frontends, large-scale design systems, and monorepo tooling (Nx/Turborepo)
• Exposure to cloud platforms and delivery of frontend at scale (e.g., AWS/GCP, CloudFront/Fastly/Akamai)
• Telemetry and monitoring for web applications (e.g., Datadog, Coralogix, Grafana/Prometheus)
• English (intermediate to advanced) for documentation and cross-team collaboration

Benefits

• Flexible schedules
• Referral bonus program
• Learning & development (Premium Coursera subscription)
• Language classes (English, Spanish, Portuguese)
• Social budget (monthly)
• dLocal Houses (rental assistance)
• Flexibility in how you work (self-managed focus time)