Location~ Remote Reports to~ CEO Team~ 2–3 engineers

About The Role
Distro is an AI-powered recruiting platform. We connect to our customers' existing ATS, sync their jobs and candidates, and run an automated multi-stage pipeline that parses, scores, and interviews applicants using LLMs. AI isn't a feature bolted onto the product — it's the flow the product runs on.

We're looking for someone to lead that engineering effort~ own the architecture, own the AWS environment it runs on, and grow a small team. This is a hands-on, full-stack role. You'll be writing code across the stack, not just reviewing it.

What you'll own

The AI processing pipeline. A chained, asynchronous, multi-stage system built on queued jobs. Every stage depends on the last, and every stage involves a non-deterministic model call that can fail or return something subtly wrong. Keeping it correct, observable, and cost-efficient is the core technical challenge of the job.
Full-stack feature work. Laravel on the backend, React on the front.



You'll move between both — this isn't a backend role with occasional UI tickets.
AWS infrastructure end to end. ECS, Aurora, S3 and supporting services. You're the person accountable for it, including keeping the bill under control.
SOC 2 Type 2 compliance. We're certified and intend to stay that way. Expect evidence collection, control remediation, access reviews, and backup restoration testing as part of the normal rhythm.
A small team. Two engineers today. Code review, technical direction, unblocking, and growth conversations are yours.
Product input. Our engineers argue about what we build, not just how. If you want a seat at that table, it's here.

Stack

Backend~ PHP / Laravel, Laravel Horizon, Redis, Aurora (MySQL)Frontend~ JavaScript / TypeScript, ReactInfrastructure~ AWS — ECS, Aurora/RDS, S3, CloudWatch, CloudFormation; DockerAI~ OpenAI API — completions, structured outputs, vector stores, prompt caching, evaluationTooling~ GitHub Actions, Jira, Claud

📌 Engineering Manager (Colombia)
🏢 Distro
📍 Colombia