Forward-Deployed Engineer (LatAm Only)

Job description

At R2, we believe that small and medium businesses are the productive engine of society. Small and medium businesses (SMBs) make up over 90% of companies in Latin America, yet they face a trillion-dollar credit gap. Our mission is to unlock SMBs’ potential by providing financial solutions tailored to their needs. We are reimagining the financial infrastructure of Latin America, where SMBs’ financial needs are met without ever having to go to a bank. R2 enables platforms across Latin America to embed financial services that SMBs can leverage, starting with revenue-based financing. We are a high-performing, close-knit team with talent from organizations such as Google, Amazon, Nubank, Uber, Capital One, Mercado Libre, Globant, and J.P. Morgan. We are entering a new phase of growth following a strategic investment from Ant International, focused on rapidly expanding our partner footprint, strengthening our credit and underwriting capabilities, and scaling operations across multiple markets. As part of this growth journey, eligible team members have the opportunity to participate in R2’s Phantom Share Program, a performance-based incentive designed to align our team with the company’s long-term success and value creation. We believe in building a culture of ownership, where those who help create value share meaningfully in it. As a Forward-Deployed Engineer (IC4) , you’ll be the bridge between R2’s core technology and our partner platforms, working directly with their engineering and data teams to bring R2’s financial products to life. You’ll operate at the intersection of software engineering, product integration, and data infrastructure, ensuring that our systems integrate deeply, securely, and elegantly into our partners’ ecosystems. You’ll work closely with R2’s backend and data engineering teams and will often have privileged access to production and partner data (under strict need-to-know and compliance protocols) to diagnose, debug, and optimize integrations. This is a senior, hands-on technical consulting role, ideal for engineers who thrive in complex, customer-embedded environments where every deployment directly impacts thousands of small businesses. What you’ll work on: Partner integrations: Design, implement, and maintain integrations between R2’s platform and partner APIs, data pipelines, and backend systems. Data-driven deployments: Gain controlled access to live partner data to identify edge cases, optimize decisioning models, and ensure data integrity and compliance. Rapid prototyping: Translate customer needs into working software by building and deploying lightweight APIs, ETL jobs, or infrastructure changes. Problem ownership: Act as the technical point of contact for new deployments — debugging systems, monitoring performance, and resolving production issues. Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and backend engineers to tailor our systems to each partner’s unique context. Operational excellence: Create deployment playbooks, data access protocols, and documentation to scale secure and efficient integrations across the region. Who you are: 6-8+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, or data engineering, ideally in fintech or SaaS integrations. Deep experience with coding languages such as: Python, Go, Node.js, RESTful APIs, and SQL. Strong understanding of data systems, access control, and secure data handling (experience with GCP, AWS, or Snowflake is a plus). Proven ability to work directly with external engineering teams, translating business and technical needs into robust integrations. Comfortable debugging production systems and working with sensitive data under strict compliance constraints. A self-starter who enjoys autonomy, thrives in ambiguous environments, and takes full ownership of mission-critical outcomes. Passionate about financial inclusion and technology’s ability to reshape access to capital in Latin America. Experience with financial APIs, underwriting systems, or risk infrastructure. Familiarity with data modeling, ETL, or event-driven architectures (Kafka, Pub/Sub). Fluency in Spanish and English for seamless collaboration with partners across Latin America. Exposure to customer-embedded roles at technology firms (Palantir, Stripe, or API-based startups). Location: Santiago, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Bogotá.