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# Full-Stack Builder — Product Engineering at Katapult Labs

- **Company:** Katapult Labs
- **Location:** Colombia
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/katapult-labs/463dfc6d-bf85-491f-9839-824514251ad2

## Job description

## About Katapult Labs

Katapult is an AI-first engineering studio connecting senior LATAM talent with startups and companies in the US. We're not a staff-augmentation shop: every person we put in front of a client represents Katapult, co-creates product, and owns the outcome directly, with no managers or leads acting as a layer in between.

## The Role

We're looking for a Full-Stack Builder to join the founding technical team behind one of our partners, an early-stage product with big ambitions to become a real tech company: web platform, mobile app, and everything in between. Our partner already has a first version of their site live, built by a non-technical founding team full of product ideas. We need someone who can step in, understand and harden the existing architecture, refactor where needed, and help seed the technical process for building product going forward.

This is a builder role, not a heavy-architecture or platform-engineering seat. You'll move fast, ship with sufficient quality, and work closely with a product-minded team that cares deeply about user experience and engagement. Mobile development isn't required from day one, but the team expects to build a mobile app down the line, so comfort picking that up matters. If the engagement goes well, this grows into a two-builder team supporting the full platform.

## KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Understand and evaluate the current architecture of our partner's existing web platform
- Refactor and harden the codebase to support rapid, reliable iteration
- Build new features end-to-end, working closely with the product lead on UX and engagement-focused functionality
- Help establish lightweight technical processes (code review, deployment, documentation) as the team scales
- Collaborate directly with a technical product manager and design lead in a fast-moving, startup environment
- Be ready to extend work into mobile development as the product roadmap evolves

## REQUIREMENTS

- Advanced conversational English, since all collaboration happens in English
- Strong full-stack engineering experience with modern web technologies (frontend and backend)
- Demonstrated ability to work as a builder: shipping fast, with just enough architecture, not over-engineering
- Comfort working directly with founders and non-technical stakeholders, translating product vision into working software
- Experience refactoring or hardening an existing early-stage codebase
- Product analytics tooling (Amplitude, PostHog, or similar)
- Agentic mindset: comfortable using AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, etc.) as part of daily workflow
- Strong communication skills, comfortable asking clarifying questions and flagging blockers early

## NICE TO HAVE

- Prior experience building consumer-facing (B2C) products with high user engagement
- Mobile development experience (native or cross-platform)
- Experience working in a 0-to-1 startup environment alongside a small, fast-moving team

Work-Life Balance

- Work from Anywhere in Latin America: Enjoy the freedom to work remotely from any country in Latin America.
- 23 Days of PTO per Year: Take time to recharge with paid time off, accrued monthly (1.91 days/month).
- USA Federal Holidays

Financial Benefits

- Monthly Payment in USD: Get paid in US dollars, no matter where you are.
- Contractor Agreement with No End Date: Enjoy the stability of a long-term contract.

## About Katapult Labs

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Katapult Labs is a boutique software development and team augmentation agency that provides U.S. startups with access to AI-first engineering talent based in Latin America.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed Stage)
- **Headquarters**: Bogotá, Colombia
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Tomás Gutierrez (CEO) and Andrés Blumer (President)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Software Development / IT Services & Consulting
- **Target customers**: U.S.-based startups and scale-ups (B2B, primarily SMB to Mid-Market) looking to build, augment, or scale their engineering teams.
- **Mission or purpose**: To help companies build faster and smarter by deploying top-tier, AI-augmented engineering teams from Latin America, removing the operational overhead of hiring, HR, and payroll.

## Products & Services
- **Team Augmentation**: Katapult recruits, vets, and places dedicated, full-time software engineers onto a client’s existing team. Katapult handles all payroll, HR, and legal obligations. Engineers are dedicated to a single client full-time.
- **AI-First Development Pods**: Scalable, skill-balanced pods of engineers who are trained to use modern AI tools to maximize speed-to-value, from MVP to world-class product.
- **Fractional CTO Services**: For clients who need technical leadership, Katapult’s founders (experienced, venture-backed entrepreneurs) can act as a fractional CTO, offering guidance on product strategy, technical leadership, and fundraising.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$6.0M** (Seed round led by 8VC on May 20, 2022).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: 8VC (lead investor).
- **Growth Signals**: The company has grown to a team of 33 employees. LinkedIn followers have grown +22.7% monthly. The company is actively hiring for roles like Staff Full-Stack Engineer and Account Executive, indicating a push to scale both delivery and sales. They are also expanding their presence in the Benelux region for business development.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Founder-Led, Startup-Native**: The founders are Colombian-American, venture-backed entrepreneurs with 15+ years of experience. They understand startup realities (pivots, timelines, fundraising) and act as an embedded partner, not a vendor.
- **AI-First Methodology**: Unlike traditional nearshore agencies, Katapult explicitly trains and deploys engineers using modern AI tools to boost delivery speed, quality, and efficiency.
- **Full Operational Wrap**: Katapult handles all recruitment, HR, legal, and payroll, allowing clients to scale up or down with minimal risk and zero admin overhead. IP and confidentiality are contractually guaranteed to the client.
- **Nearshore Advantage**: Talent is based in LATAM (primarily Colombia), offering significant cost savings over U.S. hires while operating in compatible U.S. time zones (PST +2/+3) with bilingual communication.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the Delivery Engine**: Actively hiring engineers (Staff Full-Stack) to meet client demand.
- **Expanding Sales Reach**: Hiring an Account Executive focused on the Benelux region to tap into the European market.
- **Deepening AI Integration**: Continually refining their "AI-first" development approach to maintain a competitive edge in speed and quality for clients.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a "boutique" agency run by experienced founders. The environment is likely lean, agile, and focused on high-impact work with a limited number of clients, avoiding the "body shop" feel of larger consultancies.
- **Remote-First**: All roles appear to be remote within Colombia, offering location flexibility.
- **Impact**: Engineers get to work on cutting-edge products for U.S. startups, often from MVP stage, with exposure to modern AI tooling.
- **Stability & Perks**: Engineers are on a formal payroll (not contract), with transparent hours (~160 hours/month) and benefits managed by Katapult.

## Sources
1. [katapultlabs.ai](https://www.katapultlabs.ai/)
2. [LinkedIn - Katapult Labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/katapultlabs)
3. [Torre.ai - Katapult Labs](https://torre.ai/teams/KatapultLabs)
4. [Jobs.ashbyhq.com - Katapult Labs](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/katapult-labs)

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