Senior Software Engineer — (Contractor, LATAM)

SeedTrust; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

Orchid is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join one of our client engineering teams. You will partner with a senior engineer and interact directly with the client on a daily basis, so you should be comfortable guiding conversations as well as coding.

Expect to own work end-to-end, flag risks early, and communicate timelines proactively in a fast-paced consultancy environment. This role is remote from Latin America with compensation of $70,000–$80,000 USD/year, DOE.

Qualifications

• Senior, hands-on software engineer with client-facing experience.
• Backend with Python/Flask and ORM (SQLAlchemy) on relational databases.
• Frontend with server-rendered stack (Jinja2, Bootstrap, JS/jQuery).

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior engineer to plan, build, and ship on client accounts.
• Work daily with client team on standups, updates, and scoping conversations.
• Own end-to-end work, flag risks, and communicate timelines proactively.

Skills

Python

Flask

SQLAlchemy

JavaScript

jQuery

Bootstrap

REST APIs

Tools

MySQL

MariaDB

Jinja2

Webpack

Job description

About the Role

Orchid is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join one of our client engineering teams. You'll work as a true partner alongside our current senior engineer. You'll interact with the client directly and daily, so this role suits someone who is as comfortable owning client conversations as they are owning code.

What You'll Do

• Partner with our senior engineer on this account to plan, build, and ship — sharing ownership of delivery, not waiting to be assigned tasks.
• Work directly with the client's team on a daily basis: standups, status updates, and scoping conversations.
• Own your own work end-to-end, including flagging risk and communicating timelines proactively — no dedicated PM layer on this account.
• Get productive fast: this account cannot support a long ramp-up period.

What We're Looking For

• Senior, hands-on software engineer — genuinely senior, not a junior or mid-level profile stretching into a senior role.
• Backend experience with Python and Flask, including SQLAlchemy (or a comparable ORM) and relational databases (MySQL/MariaDB). Frontend experience with a server-rendered stack: Jinja2 templates, Bootstrap, JavaScript/jQuery, and Webpack — this is not a modern SPA (React/Vue/etc.) codebase. Hands-on experience with REST/API integrations is a must.
• Fluent English, spoken and written — this is a daily client-facing role and communication is non-negotiable.
• Prior experience at a consulting, professional-services, or client-facing agency environment strongly preferred.
• Comfortable working as a peer/partner to another senior engineer rather than under a manager — some PM instinct (tracking scope, flagging risk, driving status) is expected.
• Fast learning curve — able to ramp into an existing codebase and client relationship quickly.

Nice to Have

• Insurance, risk, or fintech domain experience.
• Experience working in a two-person senior "tandem" model on an account (vs. a large team with dedicated support roles).
• Comfortable picking up custom in-house packages and internal tooling on top of the core stack.

Engagement: Independent Contractor

Location: Latin America (remote)

Compensation: $70,000–$80,000 USD/year, DOE