Frontend Architect
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Job Summary
Why should you join dLocal
dLocal enables the biggest companies in the world to collect payments in 40 countries in emerging markets. Global brands rely on us to increase conversion rates and simplify payment expansion effortlessly. As both a payments processor and a merchant of record where we operate we make it possible for our merchants to make inroads into the worlds fastest-growing emerging markets.
By joining us you will be a part of an amazing global team that makes it all happen in a flexible remote-first dynamic culture with travel health and learning benefits among others. Being a part of dLocal means working with 1000 teammates from 30 different nationalities and developing an international career that impacts millions of peoples daily lives. We are builders we never run from a challenge we are customer-centric and if this sounds like you we know you will thrive in our team.
What will I be doing
- 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 frontendbackend 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.
What skills do I need
- 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. 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.
- 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 do we offer
Besides the tailored benefits we have for each country dLocal will help you thrive and go that extra mile by offering you:
- Flexibility: we have flexible schedules and we are driven by performance.
- Fintech industry: work in a dynamic and ever-evolving environment with plenty to build and boost your creativity.
- Referral bonus program: our internal talents are the best recruiters - refer someone ideal for a role and get rewarded.
- Learning & development: get access to a Premium Coursera subscription.
- Language classes: we provide free English Spanish or Portuguese classes.
- Social budget: youll get a monthly budget to chill out with your team (in person or remotely) and deepen your connections!
- dLocal Houses: want to rent a house to spend one week anywhere in the world coworking with your team Weve got your back!
What happens after you apply
Our Talent Acquisition team is invested in creating the best candidate experience possible so dont worry you will definitely hear from us. We will review your CV and keep you posted by email at every step of the process!
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
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Key Skills
- APIs
- Pegasystems
- Spring
- SOAP
- .NET
- Hybris
- Solution Architecture
- Service-Oriented Architecture
- Adobe Experience Manager
- J2EE
- Java
- Oracle
About Company
Simplify your cross-border payment operations in high-growth markets. Send and receive funds locally, reaching new customers. One easy integration, unlimited secure transactions.
