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title: 'Forward Deployed Engineer at LatamCent'
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# Forward Deployed Engineer at LatamCent

- **Company:** LatamCent
- **Location:** Brazil
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-14
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/latamcent/27e68833-53dd-478c-9ba0-5f8ceea8ab47

## Job description

## About the Role

Our client is a Y Combinator-backed company looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer based to work directly with enterprise customers and help them get maximum value from an AI workforce platform. This is a highly hands-on role that combines full-stack engineering, AI/ML application development, customer-facing implementation, and technical problem-solving. You’ll work with customers from onboarding through ongoing optimization, building integrations and solutions that address real operational needs. You’ll also contribute directly to product development by building features, MVPs, and scalable solutions based on customer requirements and feedback. This role is best suited for an independent engineer who enjoys owning problems end-to-end, working directly with customers, and moving quickly in a fast-paced startup environment.

## Key Responsibilities

- Customer-Facing Engineering: Work directly with customers from onboarding through ongoing usage, helping integrate and optimize AI solutions.
- Full-Stack Development: Build applications, tools, and customer solutions using React, TypeScript, Node.js, and Python.
- AI/ML Development: Build and iterate on AI/ML applications, including LLM prompting, voice tuning, and transcription optimization.
- Integrations & APIs: Build and manage integrations with third-party systems and APIs to ensure reliable customer workflows.
- Product Development: Build new features, MVPs, and scalable solutions that directly address customer needs and business outcomes.
- Customer Optimization: Use customer feedback and evolving requirements to continuously improve AI solutions and workflows.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success teams to deliver customer-specific solutions.
- Project Ownership: Manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously while maintaining speed, quality, and customer impact.
- Technical Communication: Translate complex technical concepts into practical recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.

## Requirements

- Strong full-stack engineering experience with React, TypeScript, and Node.js.
- Hands-on proficiency with Python.
- Experience building and implementing AI/ML applications.
- Practical experience with LLMs, prompting, and AI optimization.
- Experience working with APIs and third-party integrations.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work directly with customers and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong ownership mentality with the ability to work independently and make decisions without heavy oversight.
- Comfortable working in an environment where priorities change quickly and engineers are expected to solve problems end-to-end.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience at a FAANG or high-growth AI company, or as a founder/early engineer of a startup you built from zero
- Prior forward deployed, solutions, or sales engineering experience: you've shipped production code directly in customer environments
- Hands-on AI/ML experience: LLMs, voice AI, agent workflows, or production ML systems
- Strong data architecture and system design skills: you can scope an integration, design the pipeline, and own it end to end
- Comfortable in front of enterprise customers: you can run a technical discovery, push back on a VP, and translate business problems into working systems

## Compensation & Logistics

- Location: Hybrid, CDMX, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires.
- Compensation: Competitive salary in USD + stock options.
- Benefits: Healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.

What Success Looks Like in the First 3–6 Months

- Successfully onboard and support customers through technical implementation.
- Build and ship customer-facing features, integrations, and MVPs with limited oversight.
- Become proficient in the company's AI platform, APIs, and technical stack.
- Improve AI workflows through effective prompting, voice configuration, transcription optimization, and continuous iteration.
- Establish strong working relationships with customers, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success.
- Take ownership of multiple customer projects while consistently delivering high-quality outcomes on tight timelines.

Company Overview Our client is a Y Combinator-backed company building infrastructure that enables enterprises to deploy and orchestrate AI workforces. Its AI workers go beyond basic communication. They can make decisions, take action, and run operational workflows across enterprise systems. The company has built proprietary technology across AI models, voice infrastructure, and orchestration and is expanding its platform across industries that power the real economy. The company is backed by leading venture capital firms and has raised more than $200M to date. The culture emphasizes extreme ownership, craftsmanship, urgency with focus, first-principles thinking, and high talent density. Engineers are expected to take ownership of their work, move quickly, and build solutions that create measurable customer impact.

## About LatamCent

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: LatamCent is a nearshore hiring partner that helps AI & B2B SaaS companies build remote teams with vetted professionals from Latin America.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped; funding not disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Miami Beach, Florida, United States
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Luiz Cent

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Staffing and Recruiting, specialized in nearshore talent for AI and B2B SaaS companies.
- **Target customers**: U.S.-based B2B SaaS and AI startups, scale-ups, and enterprises.
- **Mission**: “Helping great companies and great talent grow together” – making hiring faster, smarter, and more human for teams that want to scale.

## Products & Services
- **Talent as a Service (TaaS)**: Fully managed service providing vetted LATAM professionals to join client projects on short notice. Payroll, compliance, and onboarding are handled by LatamCent. Candidates can start within days.
- **Direct Hire**: Full-time recruitment of AI & B2B SaaS professionals. LatamCent handles sourcing, multi-step vetting, and coordination. Typical time-to-hire is 21 days.
- **Contingency Recruitment**: Flexible model where LatamCent embeds as an extension of client teams, managing contracts, payroll, and compliance when needed.
- **Contractor-on-Record Services**: For companies without a LATAM entity, LatamCent acts as the legal employer, managing payroll, tax, and compliance to reduce establishment risk.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company).
- **Key Metric**: 170+ candidates hired, 50+ client expansions, and a 93% first-placement success rate as of 2026. [latamcent.com](https://latamcent.com/about/)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available.
- **Growth Signals**: Founded in 2023, the company already operates across 8 countries (Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Australia, and more) and has offices in Miami and Medellín. LinkedIn reports 20,982 followers and a 400% quarterly increase in active job postings. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/latamcent)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep specialization**: Exclusively focuses on AI & B2B SaaS companies – founders and recruiters are former operators in that space, understanding product velocity, revenue targets, and team dynamics.
- **Stringent vetting**: Multi-step process includes role-specific interviews, technical/role-play exercises, responsiveness checks, reference verifications, and international background checks. Drives a 93% first-placement success rate with a 60-day replacement guarantee.
- **Flexible engagement models**: TaaS, Direct Hire, and Contingency options let clients scale up or down without overhead.
- **Speed**: First candidates presented in 7 days; most roles closed in 21 days; offers sent within 24 hours of decision.
- **Compliance and risk management**: Acts as contractor-on-record, handling payroll, legal, and tax for clients in up to 8 LATAM countries – nearly 99% of clients choose this service.

## Strategic Focus
- Deepen the nearshore talent pipeline from Latin America for high-growth AI and B2B SaaS teams.
- Expand hiring across multiple departments (engineering, GTM, finance, marketing) while maintaining a curated, high-touch approach.
- Continue building a remote-first, operationally efficient platform that reduces time-to-hire and compliance friction for clients.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-first culture**: All open positions are remote. [latamcent.com/careers](https://latamcent.com/careers/)
- **Small, agile team**: Approximately 15 employees spanning several countries, offering a startup environment with direct impact.
- **Core values**: Action, ownership, clarity, and follow-through guide internal and client-facing work.
- **Exposure to cutting-edge tech**: Roles support AI, ML, blockchain, and B2B SaaS clients – employees work on real-world AI use cases and modern tech stacks.
- **Growth opportunity**: Rapidly growing company (170+ hires placed, 50+ client expansions in ~3 years) with a trajectory that offers career advancement.
- **Current open roles (as of mid-2026)**: SDR, SEO & GEO Analyst, Forward Deployed Engineer, Senior AI Engineer – indicating a mix of go-to-market and engineering positions. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/latamcent](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/latamcent)

## Sources
1. [latamcent.com](https://latamcent.com/)
2. [latamcent.com/about](https://latamcent.com/about/)
3. [latamcent.com/careers](https://latamcent.com/careers/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/latamcent](https://www.linkedin.com/company/latamcent)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/latamcent](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/latamcent)

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