LATAM Senior Software Engineer (React & React Native)

Praxent; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Praxent is a leading company working to modernize financial services through innovative software solutions. We seek a technical lead to enhance our development team's capacity and deliver value to our clients. With a strong emphasis on mentorship and collaboration, you'll thrive in a remote environment dedicated to work-life balance and continuous growth.

Benefits

Paid time off and holidays based on country standards

Support without micromanagement

Investment in growth through courses and conferences

A stable, full-time role

Local perks that reflect your location

Qualifications

• 5-8 years professional experience in relevant technology and projects.
• Experience with React and React Native for scalable applications.
• Mentorship experience through code reviews and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Ensure team understands acceptance criteria and tracks daily progress.
• Mentor junior developers through collaboration and code reviews.
• Serve as technical SME, managing pipelines and deliverables.

Skills

Building attractive user interfaces

Building data driven REST APIs

Administering databases/cloud/servers

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Software Engineering

Job description

Why Praxent?

We get it. You have options. Let us tell you why we’re different. Our work is changing the world of financial services. Everyday, clients arrive with big ideas for their industry. They’re experts in their field with the vision and resources you need to change everything. All that’s left is the right team to bring that vision to life. If you’re a fast learner and you love working on a wide variety of projects, you’re going to like it here. We help our clients modernize, rather than rebuild, outdated customer-facing software applications. Our clients see a return within weeks instead of months and that’s why they choose us.

At Praxent, we let you do your work your way. We’re a team of 130+ located throughout the United States and Central/South America. Our role is to encourage you, support you, and give you the freedom you need to thrive. Whether you’re working at home, in a coffee shop, or heck, even on your travels, we’re here to create an environment that lets you live your best life. On your terms.

We trust our people to be their best. It’s a level of autonomy and respect that’s helped us grow a diverse and brilliant team of experts . Experts who also happen to be some of the best colleagues you’ve ever worked alongside .

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice which must be identified to the Company. Team members may live in the following locations: Mexico or El Salvador.

Your Mission: Enhance the team’s capacity to deliver assigned stories by end of sprint

• Cultivate Camaraderie: Ensure that Core Values are living and breathing throughout the project team.
• Deliver Value: Develop features requiring a novel technical design and act as a mentor to more junior developers through ad-hoc collaboration and structured code reviews.
• Increase Velocity: Enhance the team’s capacity by documenting plans to anticipated risks/blockers, advancing best practices, and mentoring peers and more junior team members.
• Guide Development: Serve as technical SME in the sprint, ensuring successful delivery of the sprint commitment by managing pipelines, environments, and oversight of key deliverables.
• Demonstrate Expertise: Present technical and sprint demos, such as completed API methods and automated deployment processes during sprint review meetings.
• Expand Frameworks:Demonstrate proficiency at two of the following: building attractive user interfaces, building data driven REST APIs, administering databases/cloud/servers.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Key Activities: Ensuring the team understands acceptance criteria, tracking daily progress, limit team’s QA kickback, deliver stories as assigned, find opportunities to increase capacity and velocity.
• How a Current Praxenter Describes The Role: “I spend a lot of the sprint planning and delegating technical work for other devs, anticipating how to deliver as much value for the client via efficiency and tech debt prevention. This has the added benefit of allow assigned devs to grow technically while also reducing as many unknowns as possible in the cone of uncertainty. It’s my job to keep in sync with delivery leads on priorities, team allocation, risks, etc, as well as act as the technical interface for the client to help guide them without overloading them with technical jargon.”

Your Qualifications:

• Technical Proficiency: demonstrable proficiency with at least two of the following: building attractive user interfaces, building data driven REST APIs, administering databases/cloud/servers.
• Practical Experience: 5-8 years professional experience in relevant technology and projects including ongoing adherence of best practices, experience managing DevOps pipelines, developing features with novel technical designs, and acting as a technical lead to a development team
  • Experience in development of complex, scalable web and mobile applications using React AND React Native, ensuring performance optimization, maintainable codebases, and seamless user experiences across platforms.
  • Extensive experience integrating third-party libraries, native modules, and RESTful/GraphQL APIs, with a strong focus on clean UI/UX, automated testing, and continuous deployment in agile environments.
• Client Leadership: Experience presenting to client stakeholders and communicating technical and business value
• Outcome Orientation: Experience understanding and articulating the business outcomes that your development projects impact
• Mentorship Experience: Experience with coaching and mentoring, demonstrated through ad-hoc collaboration and structured code reviews.
• Relevant Education: may include intensive programs, Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a equivalent experience
• Values Alignment: We Care Deeply, Always Deliver, Never Settle, Do It Together, Own the Outcome, and approach every situation with a CAN DO mentality – learn more about our Core Values and be sure to let us know which aligns most with your experience!

What You’ll Love About Us:

• A stable, full-time role. We’ve been building digital products for 25 years. This is a full-time employment opportunity in your country—offering paid time off, local holidays, and country-specific perks.
  
• Work/life balance that’s real. We believe work should support your life, not take it over. That’s why we promote a true work/life balance and encourage a 40-hour work week—no more.
  
• A culture worth joining. Praxent has been recognized by Best Places to Work in Fintech, Clutch, and Comparably for workplace excellence. Don’t just take our word for it—check out our Glassdoor reviews to hear directly from our team.
  
• Support without micromanagement. Your career is yours to grow. We’re here to guide, unblock, and champion you—not hover over your shoulder.
  
• Your voice matters. Got an idea? A different perspective? We want to hear it. Our team is built on openness, curiosity, and shared ownership.
  
• Time to recharge. You’ll receive paid time off and holidays based on your country’s standards because we believe work-life balance makes better people and better teams.
  
• Local perks, global standards. You’ll receive country-specific benefits that reflect where you live—often including bonus pay, local protections, and perks that matter to you. We’ll walk you through all the details when we connect.
  
• We invest in your growth. Whether it’s an online course, a tech conference, or a certification you’ve been eyeing—we cover the cost of ongoing learning. We want you to keep growing with us.
  
• People-first always. At Praxent, you’re not a number. You’re a person. We lead with kindness, respect, and empathy—because work should feel like a place where you belong.

The salary range for this full-time position is $2,793 to $3,717 USD per month. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all LATAM locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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