🚀 Lead Fullstack Engineer – Remote from LATAM 📍 at Tekton Labs

Drive AI Innovation at Tekton Labs

At Tekton Labs, we design and build high-impact solutions with a strong focus on AI, automation, and cloud-native development. We’re looking for a Lead Fullstack Engineer to lead the architecture and development of a cutting-edge document ingestion and analysis platform that leverages natural language processing (NLP) and AI capabilities.

This is a senior-level, hands-on engineering and technical leadership role, ideal for someone who thrives in cross-functional teams and is passionate about building robust, scalable, AI-powered systems.

🛠 Key Responsibilities

🔍 Technical Discovery & System Architecture

• Lead technical discovery and define requirements and constraints with stakeholders.

• Design modular, scalable architectures for parsing structured and unstructured documents.

• Define MVP scope and delivery roadmap aligned with business needs.

🧠 Backend Engineering & AI Integration

• Build Python microservices (FastAPI/Flask) for document ingestion, parsing, vectorization, and AI workflows.

• Integrate with OpenAI, Azure AI, Hugging Face, or internal NLP models.

• Design APIs and data flows for robust AI/ML integration.

💻 Frontend Engineering

• Develop React.js interfaces for document upload, status tracking, and results visualization.

• Work with design kits and wireframes to deliver intuitive UX.

• Ensure seamless integration between frontend and backend services.

☁️ Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure

• Deploy services on Azure (Functions, App Services, Blob Storage).

• Automate infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep.

• Build CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.

• Monitor system performance, ensure reliability, and address issues proactively.

🔐 Security & Compliance

• Implement OAuth2, JWT, Azure AD for secure authentication.

• Manage secrets with Azure Key Vault.

• Follow best practices for API security and data privacy.

👥 Team Collaboration & Technical Leadership

• Mentor engineers and set technical standards.

• Collaborate closely with product, design, QA, and ML teams.

• Conduct code reviews and promote clean, scalable solutions.

🎯 Required Skills & Experience

✅ Must-Have:

• 6+ years of experience in software development (backend or fullstack).

• Advanced Python development with FastAPI or Flask.

• Strong background in API and microservices architecture.

• Familiarity with NLP tools and GenAI workflows (spaCy, Hugging Face, OpenAI).

• React.js experience for building functional and modular frontends.

• Proficient with Azure cloud services.

• Experience with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.

• Excellent English communication skills (written and spoken).

✨ Nice-to-Have:

• Background with financial or legal document processing.

• Experience with tools like PyMuPDF or PDFMiner.

• Understanding of ML models (PyTorch, scikit-learn).

• Familiarity with TypeScript, Node.js, or NestJS.

• UX/UI sensitivity or experience working closely with design teams.

💡 Soft Skills

• ✔ Strong ownership and comfort with ambiguity.
• ✔ Product-oriented, pragmatic decision-making.
• ✔ Collaborative, mentoring mindset.
• ✔ Adaptable to change and iterative development.

🌟 Why Join Tekton Labs?

🚀 Lead the development of an AI-powered document processing platform.

💡 Work with experts across ML, product, design, and engineering.

📈 High-impact projects with real-world data and business value.

🌍 Remote-first culture, with flexible, collaborative teams in LATAM.

📍 Location Requirement

🔹 This role is open exclusively to candidates located in LATAM. Applications from other regions will not be considered.

💰 Compensation

Offer will depend on experience and qualifications, with the following maximums:

• Peru: S/. 16,000 (payroll)

• LATAM: $6,000 USD (contractor)

  📌 Candidates with expectations above these ranges will not be considered.

📩 Ready to Join? Apply Now!

Submit your CV and GitHub/portfolio (if available) and let’s build intelligent systems together! 🚀