Forward Engineer

Talently; Colombia; On-site; COP 70,000,000 - 140,000,000; Full time

Job summary

pentice is seeking a Forward Engineer to tackle ambiguous problems, design specifications, and ship automated guest workflows with reliable data flows and observable results.

The role emphasizes hands-on development in Node.js/TypeScript, familiarity with React, real-world API integrations, and a disciplined approach to AI-enabled engineering. You will work daily with the CEO to define flows and measure impact in production.

Qualifications

• Mid to senior software engineering experience, building and shipping hands-on and operating what you built in production.
• Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript; React is a plus.
• Two or more real stories of problem > decision > shipped > measured, backed by numbers.
• Experience integrating external APIs and webhooks, with a clear understanding of why idempotency and reconciliation matter.
• Practical experience using AI as an engineering tool (agents, structured output, evaluation) and the judgment to catch wrong output.
• An active daily practice with AI development tools, while taking full responsibility for every line that reaches production.
• Clear written and spoken English: a CEO can follow you and an engineer can trust you.

Responsibilities

• Take ambiguous business problems, define what matters, and write the specification.
• Decide what to build first and push back with a better proposal when a requirement is wrong.
• Build and ship workflows where automation meets operations: guest journey steps, message drafting with review, pricing and reporting signals.
• Own the agent systems behind those workflows: prompts, tool use, structured output, evaluation, observability, and cost.
• Build end-to-end integrations with Guesty, Stripe, and internal APIs: webhooks in, actions out, idempotent, reconciled, and observable.
• Ship behind one review and operate what you shipped in production.
• Measure every first production version: what changed, by how much, and how you know.
• Work daily with the CEO on what the flows must do, reporting to the Founding Engineer.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

React

API integrations

AI tooling

Observability

Cost awareness

Tools

Guesty

Stripe

Job description

At pentice, we are on a mission to revolutionize the hospitality industry. By transforming long-term luxury rentals into exceptional short-term experiences, we deliver unparalleled quality and service to our guests. At the same time, we empower property managers to unlock the full potential of their properties, maximizing their buildings top line.

As a Forward Engineer, the company expects you to...

• Take ambiguous business problems with incomplete information, define what actually matters, and write the specification.
• Decide what to build first and what not to build, and push back with a better proposal when a requirement is wrong.
• Build and ship workflows where automation meets operations: guest journey steps, message drafting with review, pricing and reporting signals.
• Own the agent systems behind those workflows: prompts, tool use, structured output, evaluation, observability, and cost.
• Build end-to-end integrations with Guesty, Stripe, and internal APIs: webhooks in, actions out, idempotent, reconciled, and observable.
• Ship behind one review and operate what you shipped in production.
• Measure every first production version: what changed, by how much, and how you know.
• Work daily with the CEO on what the flows must do, reporting to the Founding Engineer.

You are the person they are looking for if you have...

• Mid to senior software engineering experience, building and shipping hands-on and operating what you built in production.
• Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript; React is a plus.
• Two or more real stories of problem > decision > shipped > measured, backed by numbers.
• Experience integrating external APIs and webhooks, with a clear understanding of why idempotency and reconciliation matter.
• Practical experience using AI as an engineering tool (agents, structured output, evaluation) and the judgment to catch wrong output.
• An active daily practice with AI development tools, while taking full responsibility for every line that reaches production.
• Clear written and spoken English: a CEO can follow you and an engineer can trust you.

They will love your profile even more if you have...

• Experience in hospitality or property operations.
• Experience with LLM observability and evaluation.
• Experience building event-driven systems.
• A background as a founder or solutions engineer.