Frontend Architect, dLocal
Emerging markets payments platform
Job no longer available
Emerging markets payments platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable global merchants to connect seamlessly with billions of emerging market users.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of professional web development experience and 3+ years in technical leadership or frontend architecture roles
- Expert knowledge of React and TypeScript; hands-on experience with SSR frameworks (e.g., Next.js or similar)
- Strong command of build/bundle tooling (e.g., Vite/Webpack), testing (Jest/Vitest, Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress), and quality gates (ESLint/Biome, Prettier)
- Demonstrated web performance optimization and observability experience (Core Web Vitals, profiling, RUM)
- Solid understanding of frontend security best practices and modern authentication/authorization patterns in web apps
- Experience integrating CI/CD for frontend projects and working with design systems/component libraries
- Excellent communication skills; ability to write clear technical documentation and guide cross-team alignment
- Node.js experience for BFF/SSR and familiarity with edge rendering/CDN strategies
- Experience with micro-frontends, large-scale design systems, and monorepo tooling (Nx/Turborepo)
- Exposure to cloud platforms and delivery of frontend at scale (e.g., AWS/GCP, CloudFront/Fastly/Akamai)
- Telemetry and monitoring for web applications (e.g., Datadog, Coralogix, Grafana/Prometheus)
- English (intermediate to advanced) for documentation and cross-team collaboration
What the job involves
- Define and steward the frontend architecture (frameworks, component patterns, state management, routing, SSR/SSG/ISR) across teams
- Establish and evolve an organization-wide frontend baseline (Node LTS policy, package manager posture, canonical scripts, lint/format, TypeScript strictness, testing posture, CI templates) with clear adoption guides
- Design frontend–backend integration (API contracts, versioning, error handling, caching, BFF when appropriate) to ensure reliable and observable interfaces
- Lead web performance strategy (code splitting, asset budgets, image/fonts strategy, hydration, caching/CDN), setting targets and enabling measurement
- Ensure accessibility (WCAG), i18n/l10n, and client-side security (CSP, auth flows, token handling, XSS/CSRF mitigations) are built into the architecture
- Drive developer experience: tooling, monorepos and/or micro-frontends when justified, starter templates, documentation, and examples
- Mentor technical leads/referents, participate in technical reviews, and author ADRs/RFCs that align architecture with business goals
- Collaborate with UX, Product, and Backend to align technical decisions with user and business outcomes
Our take
It is clearly evident that there is a massive payments gap between developed countries and emerging economies, with consumers in many countries having little or no access to modern payment options. dLocal was established in Uruguay to address this gap, which it aims to close not only for its neighbouring countries but across the globe.
Through its unique "One dLocal" concept (one direct API, one platform, and one contract), global companies can accept payments, send pay-outs and settle funds globally without separately managing pay-in and pay-out processors. The company also supplies a defense suite and local issuing for virtual and physical pre-paid cards in Latin America, as well as tools for building payments infrastructure for platforms and marketplaces.
Since founding, the company has expanded across Uruguay, the USA, Israel, Brazil and Europe. The company has seen significant growth while remaining confident and committed to its original mission. A notable achievement is dLocal becoming a certified Payment Initiation Service Provider in Brazil, which means it can eliminate unnecessary steps for users in the region.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2021
$150m
LATE VC
Sep 2020
$200m
SERIES A
Total funding: $357m
Company HQ
Tres Cruces, Montevideo, Montevideo Department
Leadership
Sergio Fogel
(Co-Founder & CSO)Co-founded multiple companies, such as AstroPay, and is an Official Member of the Forbes Finance Council.
Pedro Arnt
(CEO)Member of the Board of Directors at Allegro who advises at several firms. Previously EVP and CFO at MercadoLibre.com.
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