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# The Mobile-First Company - Sr. Backend Engineer at Silver.dev

- **Company:** Silver.dev
- **Location:** Argentina
- **Compensation:** $60k–$90k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2025-09-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Silver/75759f06-0fc3-4a94-a5f0-612023f7b02e

## Job description

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina (Hybrid)

[About The Mobile-First Company](https://www.themobilefirstcompany.com) Most tools for small businesses weren’t built for real operators. They were built for employees in offices, not people running a business from their phone. We’re changing that. We build mobile-first business software that feels like a consumer app, runs on AI, and spreads like a creator brand. Our first product, [Allô](https://www.withallo.com/), gives you a second number on your phone, answers missed calls with AI, transcribes everything, and syncs it to your CRM. Over 20,000 businesses use it every day. Next up: expenses, invoicing, and more. We’ve raised +5 million dolars from Lightspeed, EMBLEM, and 30+ top operators. Our team is based in Paris, Buenos Aires, Miami. Drive the evolution of our backend technology, infrastructure, and AI capabilities to ensure high performance, scalability, and seamless integration for our mobile applications.

What will you do:

- Work side by side with our CTO to build the foundations, the present, and the future of our backend, and AI systems.
- Develop and enhance backend systems for both existing and new applications in conjunction with mobile engineers.
- Contribute to systems design, infrastructure planning, CI/CD processes, and data workflows.

What you'll be working on:

- Implementing and maintaining scalable and reliable backend systems using languages like Kotlin, Java, Go, Python or similar.
- Designing and defining backend tools, databases, and the architecture of our apps.
- Working directly with Cloud services (e.g., AWS, Supabase, Cloudflare).
- Creating tools, libraries, or components to enhance the efficiency of backend development processes.

## What we’re looking for

- Backend Engineering:
- Proficiency in backend development with expertise in languages like Kotlin, Java, Go, Python or similar.
- Familiarity with database design, management, and optimization.
- Track record of building and maintaining scalable and reliable backend systems.
- Experience with AI is a strong plus, especially in applying models to real-world product use cases and optimizing performance in production environments.
- Systems Architecture:
- Expertise in designing scalable and maintainable backend architectures, understanding when to apply different architectural patterns.
- Capable of monitoring the whole architecture using tools like New Relic or Datadog.
- Performance and data
- You know how to build scalable and maintainable code
- You care about what to measure and how it impacts business and users
- You track behavior, usage, and performance, and improve based on it
- How you think
- You care about why we build things, not just how.
- You ask smart questions, challenge ideas when needed, and help shape what’s next.
- You think in terms of user value and business impact.
- How you work
- You communicate clearly, give feedback with no ego, and help others grow.
- You move fast, take ownership, and thrive in ambiguity.
- You're comfortable working in English — and in a small team with big goals.

What matters to us

- You’ve worked in product companies
- 6+ years of experience designing and building high-performance systems used by millions.
- You’re proactive, autonomous, and know how to fill the gaps
- You can communicate in English, since that's our official language. Most of the team also speaks Spanish and French.

## What we offer

- Competitive salary (in USD or local equivalent)
- Equity package
- 10-day team retreats abroad every quarter
- Laptop and work setup of your choice
- Private health insurance (for US or LATAM hires)
- A tight, ambitious team building something real — fast

The Interview Process:

- [Silver.dev](http://Silver.dev) Recruiter Screening
- Client People Interview
- Client Technical Interview
- Client Behavioral Interview

## About Silver.dev

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Silver.dev is a talent agency that connects venture-backed startups with vetted, interview-ready software engineers from Latin America.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped/founder-funded)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Gabriel (last name not publicly disclosed; founder & owner is a former Staff Engineer with hiring manager experience)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Staffing and Recruiting (specialized in software engineering talent).
- Target customers: B2B; primarily venture-backed startups (half of clients are Y Combinator companies) and product-focused tech companies.
- Mission/purpose: To help startups hire the right engineers without wasting weeks on interviews that go nowhere, by providing a no-BS, founder-led recruiting partner.

## Products & Services
- **Direct Hiring**: Full-time, permanent placement of interview-ready engineers who are vetted by engineers and integrated directly into the client’s team.
- **RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing)**: A flexible, dedicated hiring partner model that gives clients constant access to vetted candidates, designed for rapid scaling.
- **Payroll & Employer of Record (EOR)**: Handles contracts, onboarding, and compliance for hiring across Latin America, allowing clients to focus on growth.
- **Staffing**: Contract placement of talent under Silver.dev’s payroll, removing compliance overhead for the client.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: 11 employees (up 62.5% year-over-year); 7,440 LinkedIn followers; 20,814 monthly website visits (up 35.2% year-over-year).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: None publicly listed (clients include Y Combinator and Initialized Capital portfolio companies).
- **Growth Signals**: +62.5% headcount growth YoY; traffic growing +35.2% YoY; high client satisfaction (4.9/8 reviews on Clutch); average nine-day sprint from first call to signed offer for senior roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Founder-led**: Run by a former Staff Engineer with hands-on hiring management experience, ensuring deep understanding of product-grade engineering needs.
- **Engineer-vetted pipeline**: All candidates are screened by experienced engineers, not generic recruiters.
- **Outcome-based pricing**: Clients pay only when a candidate signs, removing financial risk.
- **Speed & quality**: Roles are filled in an average of nine days, with candidates who are truly interview-ready and culturally aligned with startups.
- **LatAm focus**: Taps into a high-quality, cost-effective talent pool across Latin America, handling compliance and payroll.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue to serve venture-backed startups, especially YC companies, by scaling the vetted talent pipeline.
- Deepen services to include RPO and EOR, making it easier for US startups to hire compliantly across LatAm.
- Expand the network of high-ownership, ambitious engineers prepared for startup environments.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Client reviews highlight a proactive, transparent, and collaborative team that “feels like an extension of the startup DNA.” High employee satisfaction with strong communication and adaptive problem-solving.
- **Remote/Hybrid**: The company has offices in San Francisco and Buenos Aires, but job postings are predominantly remote. The team is distributed across Argentina (85%) and the US.
- **Perks & Engineering Culture**: As a talent agency run by a former engineer, the company deeply understands engineering needs. Roles listed on their jobs board often include equity, bonuses, and equipment (MacBook). The small, lean team (11 people) offers fast-paced growth opportunities.

## Sources
1. [silver.dev](https://silver.dev/)
2. [linkedin.com/company/silver-dev](https://www.linkedin.com/company/silver-dev)
3. [clutch.co/profile/silverdev](https://clutch.co/profile/silverdev)
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/silver](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/silver)

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