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# Sr Staff Software Engineer at Yalo Inc.

- **Company:** Yalo Inc.
- **Location:** Cordoba, Argentina
- **Posted:** 2026-10-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-30
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/yalochatinc/jobs/8009781003

## Job description

Staff Software Engineer, Core Services Platform (L6)

Summary:

Yalo is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to technically lead our Core Services Platform. This role involves owning the architecture and maintaining the reliability of the platform on which all Yalo products and AI agents operate. You will work closely with various teams to integrate new systems and features, ensuring seamless functionality across our channels and messaging pipeline.

Responsibilities:

- Own the architecture of Core Services, including channel and webhook pipeline, accounts, identity, and entitlements.
- Lead technical delivery, scope work, unblock engineers, and review designs and code.
- Utilize AI coding agents for implementation, testing, and review, while maintaining high PR throughput.
- Ensure reliability and observability with clear team ownership, dashboards, alerts, and on-call incident response.
- Lead platform migrations and govern event and message schemas safely.
- Integrate external platform changes and manage billing and credits models.
- Monitor costs and collaborate with DevOps to optimize spending and reduce waste.
- Mentor team members, set standards, and document design reviews.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to align platform capabilities with product needs.

Required Skills:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years in building and operating back-end services with staff-level engineering or tech lead experience.
- Proficient in Go, Python, SQL, and strong experience in microservices and API development.
- Expertise in event-driven architectures and Kafka.
- Experience with GCP, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems design.
- Experience with identity, authentication, and authorization systems.
- Hands-on experience with AI coding agents and maintaining high PR throughput.
- Proficiency in observability and reliability practices.
- Problem-solving skills in fast-growing platforms with unclear ownership.

Preferred Skills:

- Experience with messaging channel APIs like WhatsApp Business or Meta Cloud API.
- Knowledge of Node.js, TypeScript, and schema governance.
- Experience with billing, metering, or usage-based pricing systems.
- Previous role as a tech lead or engineering manager of a small team.

At Yalo, we are dedicated to creating a workplace that embodies our core values: caring, initiative, excellence, and simplicity. We believe in the power of diversity and inclusivity, where everyone's unique perspectives, experiences, and talents contribute to our collective success. As we embrace and respect our differences, we strive to create something extraordinary for the benefit of all. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, providing equal opportunities to individuals regardless of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Our commitment to fairness and equality is a fundamental pillar of our company.

At Yalo, we uphold a culture of excellence. We constantly challenge ourselves to go above and beyond, delivering remarkable results and driving innovation. We encourage each team member to take initiative and make things happen, empowering them to bring their best ideas forward and contribute to our shared goals.

## About Yalo Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Yalo is an artificial intelligence-powered conversational commerce platform that enables large enterprises to sell, market, and provide customer service through messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and WeChat.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C; last disclosed round $20M in 2023)
- **Headquarters**: Mexico City, Mexico (relocated from San Francisco)
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Javier Mata

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Conversational commerce, AI chatbots, customer engagement on messaging apps
- **Target customers**: Large enterprises in emerging markets (CPG, retail, airline, automotive)
- **Mission/purpose**: Help companies sell more and build stronger customer relationships by automating personalized sales across messaging channels.

## Products & Services
- **Yalo Intelligent Sales Platform**: SaaS platform that lets brands build, manage, and optimize conversational experiences across WhatsApp, Messenger, WeChat, SMS, and voice. Includes AI-powered chatbots, flow builder, live agent handoff, payments, and analytics. Supports "micro apps" inside chat apps.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – USD 93,000,000 (as of LinkedIn data; includes $50M Series C in May 2021 and $20M additional round in Dec 2023 led by Glisco Partners)
- **Annual Revenue**: USD 9,300,000 (LinkedIn estimate)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: B Capital (led Series C, co-founder Eduardo Saverin), Sierra Ventures, NXTP, Glisco Partners. Customers include Walmart, Nike, Volkswagen, Aeroméxico, Unilever, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Coppel, Xcaret.
- **Growth Signals**: 208 employees (+10.1% YoY); offices in Mexico City, São Paulo, Mumbai, Bogotá; serves 350M+ potential consumers through client brands; 80% of some customers' sales occur inside messaging apps.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First‑mover in Latin America**: Early to build enterprise‑grade commerce on WhatsApp for emerging markets.
- **Deep WhatsApp integration**: Offers capabilities (payments, no‑code builder, AI CRM) that go beyond WhatsApp’s native Business API.
- **Strong enterprise customer base**: Relationships with global CPG and retail giants provide a defensible moat.
- **Platform agnostic**: Works across multiple messaging apps (WhatsApp, Messenger, WeChat, Line, SMS), not locked into one ecosystem.

## Strategic Focus
- Accelerate product development (conversational marketing, payments, no‑code app builder).
- Expand further in Latin America and Southeast Asia.
- Deepen capabilities in AI and machine learning to automate more customer interactions.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Rated 3.6/5 on Glassdoor (175 reviews); culture score 3.2, compensation 4.1. Offers remote‑work program and health insurance. Provides customized development tracks and generous PTO.
- **Work policy**: In‑office roles exist (Mexico City), but the company offers a remote workspace program for some positions.
- **Engineering culture**: Strong technical team with alumni from Google, Netflix, Salesforce, Nubank; talent sourced from companies like Mercado Libre, Zendesk, Uber. Emphasis on deep learning and no‑code/low‑code tools.
- **Perks**: Health insurance, paid volunteer time, promotion policies, paid holidays.
- **Open roles** (as of search): Sales Engineer (Mexico City, São Paulo), Technical Project Manager (LATAM), Growth Operations Specialist (NOLA/Mexico City), Head of Strategic Partnerships (Mexico City).

## Sources
1. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://in.linkedin.com/company/yalo)
2. [Wikipedia – Yalo (company)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalo_(company))
3. [Built In – Yalo Careers, Perks + Culture](https://builtin.com/company/yalo)
4. [TechCrunch – Yalo raises $50M](https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/26/yalo-raises-50m-to-build-c-commerce-services-for-chat-apps-like-whatsapp/)
5. [Greenhouse – Yalo Job Board](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/yalochatinc)

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