--- title: 'Frontend Engineer at Nelo' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/frontend-engineer-nelo-mexico-city-kyf3p6bd7wxw' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-10' --- # Frontend Engineer at Nelo - **Company:** Nelo - **Location:** Mexico City, Mexico - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-08-10 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nelo/c7ec24f4-b5cf-4864-949e-f6fbe8e9811e ## Job description Frontend Engineer ## ABOUT NELO Nelo is a (profitable) leading consumer fintech and e-commerce platform in Mexico, with >$500MM in annualized GMV and >$70MM in annualized revenue. Our mission is to increase consumers' buying power in Latin America, and we're doing so by building an AI-native platform powered by credit. Nelo has raised over $40M of venture capital from investors including Homebrew, Two Sigma Ventures, and Susa Ventures. Nelo has additionally raised a $100M asset credit facility from Victory Park Capital. Our lean team includes experienced leaders from top technology companies such as Uber, Amazon, Rappi, and DiDi. We pride ourselves on our values: Everyone is an Owner Be our Best Selves Move Fast, Learn Fast Open & Honest Communication Customer-First We pride ourselves on our velocity, intellectual rigor, and efficiency. Nelo has offices in Mexico City and New York City. ## WHY THIS ROLE IS DIFFERENT At most companies, a frontend engineer ships tickets against someone else's roadmap and waits weeks to see anything reach production. Nelo runs on 10 engineers moving a product that has processed over $1B in total GMV, which changes what the job actually is. You will own entire user-facing surfaces of the app that hundreds of thousands of people use to pay for real things with real money. There is no frontend guild to hand designs down to you and no release train to queue behind. You work directly with design and the founders, ship daily, and see the conversion impact of your work in the data the same week. You will also work AI-native from day one. Every engineer at Nelo uses agentic coding tools in their daily workflow, so a single frontend engineer here covers the surface area a team of four covers elsewhere. If you have wanted to find out what your ceiling is with modern tooling, this is the environment to find out. ## WHAT YOU'LL DO Own the consumer experience end to end - Own major surfaces of the Nelo app: onboarding, checkout, payments, and credit flows, from design partnership through production monitoring. - Ship experiments that move activation and conversion, and read your own results in the data. Raise the quality bar - Set the standard for performance, reliability, and polish in an app people trust with their money. - Reduce frontend defects reaching production by building the testing and review practices you want to work within. Build with AI leverage - Use Claude Code and other agentic tools as your default workflow, and push the team's practices forward as the tooling improves. - Automate the repetitive parts of frontend work so your time goes to product judgment, not boilerplate. ## WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY - You have shipped consumer-facing mobile or web products at scale and can point to specific metrics your work moved. - You have strong product judgment: you push back on designs when the flow is wrong, not just implement them faithfully. - You are already using agentic coding tools daily, or you are eager to make them your primary workflow. - You want ownership of a surface, not a slice of one, and you are comfortable being the person accountable for it. - You care about the difference between an app that works and an app that feels trustworthy enough to handle someone's money. ## WHY YOU SHOULD NOT APPLY - You want a large frontend team around you. There are 10 engineers total. You will often be the only person on your surface. - You need a PM to hand you fully specified tickets. Here you help decide what to build, and ambiguity is the default state. - You are not interested in working in-office. This role is based in our Mexico City or New York City office, because the speed we ship at depends on engineers, design, and founders being in the same room. Remote is not an option. - You are skeptical of AI-assisted development. It is not optional here; it is how the team works. ## HOW WE WORK - ~70 people across CDMX and New York. Lean, fast, opinionated about quality. - Engineering is in-office, in Roma Norte (Mexico City) or Tribeca (New York City), given the proximity required with design, product, and the founders. - Every team at Nelo uses AI in daily workflows. Engineering is no exception: Claude Code is standard issue. - Tooling you will touch: Linear, Slack, Metabase, and our internal experimentation stack. ## WHO YOU ARE Required - Engineering background with substantial time shipping consumer-facing frontend in production (mobile or web). - Deep fluency in a modern frontend stack (React / React Native or equivalent) and the judgment to know when the framework is not the answer. - Comfort owning outcomes end to end: you have carried features from ambiguous idea to measured production impact. - Working proficiency in English (our engineering documentation and much of our communication is in English). Strong signals - You have worked on payments, checkout, or other money-moving flows. - You use Claude Code or other agentic coding tools as a core part of how you work. - You have shipped in a startup or small team where you were the frontend function, not a member of it. - You have moved a conversion or activation metric and can walk us through how. ## COMPENSATION & BENEFITS If based in Mexico City: - Base Salary (MXN, monthly, gross) - Equity - Nelo Leverage Time Program: We provide a budget for outsourcing and AI tools - Major Medical Expenses Insurance - 100% medical, dental & vision coverage for you (50% for dependents) - Unlimited PTO - Extended maternity and paternity leave - Relocation support - A pet-friendly and fully equipped office in the heart of Mexico City - Sabbatical Program If based in New York City: - Base Salary (USD, annual) - Equity - Nelo Leverage Time Program: We provide a budget for outsourcing and AI tools - 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage (50% for dependents) - Unlimited PTO - 401(k) for US residents - Extended maternity and paternity leave - Relocation support - A fully equipped office in Tribeca - Sabbatical Program ## ABOUT THE PROCESS We move fast. We respect your time. - Conversation with the Hiring Manager - Live Coding - On-site Interview - Reference & Background Check - Offer ## About Nelo ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Nelo provides buy now, pay later (BNPL) credit solutions for purchases, bill payments, and cash withdrawals to Mexican consumers via its mobile app. - **Entity Type**: Private (line of credit stage; total raised $123M) - **Headquarters**: Mexico City, Mexico (Avenida Paseo de la Reforma 296, Col. Juárez) - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed from available search results ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Financial services – consumer credit / BNPL / fintech - **Target customers**: B2C – primarily Mexican consumers seeking credit to buy products, pay utilities, or access cash in biweekly installments - **Mission/purpose**: Enable financial access for underserved populations; simplify credit through mobile-first technology ## Products & Services - **BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later)**: Credit for in-app purchases at online and physical stores; pay in biweekly installments (“quincenas”) with zero interest. - **Bill Payments (“Servicios y recargas”)**: Pay CFE (electricity), water, gas, internet bills, and mobile recharges in installments via the app. - **Cash Withdrawals**: Withdraw cash against credit limit from partner ATMs/locations. - **Nelo VIP Physical Card**: Plastic card for VIP users to spend at any merchant accepting card payments. - **Credit History Building**: Nelo reports payments to credit bureaus, helping users build a formal credit history. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key funding**: Total raised $123M, including a $100M debt facility / line of credit from Victory Park Capital (announced March 2024) - **Notable investors**: Victory Park Capital, Crossbeam Venture Partners, Susa Ventures, Homebrew, Primer Capital, and 16+ others - **Growth signals**: Over 35 million credits granted; 2+ million users; recent partnership with Paymentology to boost financial inclusion; rapid headcount growth across Mexico City and New York offices ## Competitive Advantages - **First-mover focus on “quincenas”** – biweekly payment model aligned with Mexican pay cycles - **Deep integration with local payment infrastructure** (Google Wallet, bill payment systems) - **Data-driven credit scoring** using alternative data to serve the underbanked - **Small, agile team** that ships quickly and operates as “AI First” (from career page) ## Strategic Focus - **Expand product ecosystem** (physical card, cash, services beyond retail) - **Scale credit line and improve underwriting** to manage risk while growing loan book - **Expand in Mexico** and potentially other Latin American markets - **Continue hiring across data, engineering, and risk** to support growth (open roles in NYC and CDMX) ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “Small team, big results” – every employee is an equity holder; everyone is empowered to ship code (including non-engineering roles) - **Locations**: Hybrid/remote-friendly with offices in Mexico City (CDMX) and New York City; team-wide meetups at least twice a year - **Notable perks**: Equity for all, focus on personal growth, “AI First” approach, and a high degree of ownership - **Engineering culture**: Ship fast, iterate, and learn; roles include Senior Software Engineer, Data Scientist, and Senior Security Engineer ## Sources 1. [nelo.mx (Homepage)](https://www.nelo.mx/es) 2. [nelo.mx (Careers Page)](https://www.nelo.mx/en/trabaja-en-nelo) 3. [jobs.ashbyhq.com (Open Positions)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nelo) 4. 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