Senior AI-Driven Software Engineer - Remote

Newsela Inc.; Argentina; Remote; ARS 112,104,000 - 155,220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work From Home

Job summary

Newsela is a leading education technology company delivering AI-powered solutions designed to unlock student engagement and improve learning outcomes. This contract role supports high-quality software development with AI-assisted practices and a strong emphasis on reliability and observability.

The position is remote and open to candidates located in Argentina and several other countries, with a contract term of up to 12 months and potential extension.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality work on time, leveraging AI tools to accelerate velocity without sacrificing craft.
• Own feature delivery end-to-end, from scoping and design input through implementation and release, with minimal oversight.
• Craft well-tested software that meets a high bar for quality, using AI-assisted development practices where they add value and exercising judgment where they don't.
• Build and validate AI-integrated features with sound engineering judgment, applying appropriate evaluation practices to LLM-powered and AI-assisted functionality.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Product Management, and Product Design to refine ambiguous work into clearly defined, valuable deliverables.
• Maintain reliable systems by applying best practices for observability, quality, and incident response, and actively use AI tooling to detect, diagnose, and resolve issues faster.
• Support production releases, ensuring your team's systems are deployment-ready and stable post-release.
• This contract position is paid a monthly rate (USD).
• This person must be located in one of the following countries: Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica.
• Please note that given the nature of the position, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits.
• The contract is estimated to last 12 months with the potential for extension, though an extension is not guaranteed.

Job description

Newsela is a leading education technology company delivering AI-powered solutions designed to unlock student engagement and improve learning outcomes. This contract role supports high-quality software development with AI-assisted practices and a strong emphasis on reliability and observability.

The position is remote and open to candidates located in Argentina and several other countries, with a contract term of up to 12 months and potential extension.