Atelier Engineer.
— founding generation.
We are opening the first generation of the Atelier Program. Four hours a day, remote from anywhere in Colombia, modern stack in production from week one. Direct mentorship from the founder. Documented progression plan to Semi-Senior band in 12 months.
The atelier you're joining.
FastNet is an engineering atelier based in Los Angeles. Operating since 1997, in LA since 2009. We are not an agency: we are the senior engineering team companies always wished they could hire — but the headcount didn't allow.
Today we sustain three brands in production, each in a different industry. This is the founding generation of the Atelier Program — a new entry line where you come in directly as an atelier engineer, with structured mentorship and a documented growth path.
- 01
Jaqueting.
A marketing agency built on agentic intelligences — a catalog of agents for research, content, and outreach.
- 02
Traustar Logistics.
Modern brokerage with an Astro site, AscendTMS, Truckstop+MISE for anti-fraud verification, an LMS learning platform, and a bespoke intranet under construction on Next.js + Supabase.
- 03
PesPro.
A family pest-control company digitized 100% on FieldRoutes, with a new commercial channel on Next.js + HubSpot + Google Ads.
Beyond the work on those brands, we sustain fastnet-web, the atelier's corporate site (Next.js 15, bilingual, recently deployed). Your first layer of work will be exactly this — the site you are looking at right now.
How the work happens here.
- 4 hours/day, Monday to Friday.~80 hours/month billed.
- Remote from anywhere in Colombia.
- Overlap window with LA to be defined with you:4 continuous hours between 2:00 PM and 12:00 AM Colombia time (= 12:00 PM to 10:00 PM Pacific time). Exact hours are agreed during the technical call based on your real availability.
- Contract as an independent,monthly invoicing in COP or USD — your choice.
- First 90 daysat entry rate · documented review at month 3 · agreed adjustment at month 4.
- Progression planwritten from day one. Month 3, 6, and 12 are formal milestones.
What you'll do in the atelier.
The first month is immersion: you read code, ask questions, and learn how things are assembled here. From month two on, you start taking on real work. What we expect over the first 12 months:
- Implement UI components and pages following the founder's specs, in Next.js + Tailwind, with documented PR review.
- Resolve low- and medium-complexity bugs under technical guidance. We do not expect you to guess architecture; we expect you to execute with order.
- Maintain the atelier's MDX content — blog, cases, manifesto — preserving typographic and brand coherence.
- Support technical SEO and Core Web Vitals tasks under a defined plan: schema.org, image optimization, structured data.
- Document what you touch. This is not optional — it's how you make yourself visible inside the atelier.
- Move up a layer month by month. Month 3: you take a full small module. Month 6: end-to-end features. Month 12: you're ready for the next band.
What you'll work with.
We don't expect you to arrive knowing everything. We expect the solid foundation to be firm — because that's what we build on — and the desirable block to show you've built something on your own beyond the academic curriculum.
Who it's aimed at.
- 01
Solid engineering foundation
— through a systems, software, or related degree, completed or in its final stretch. What you've built weighs more than which semester you're in.
- 02
Two or three projects on GitHub
with reviewable code. Personal, academic, side projects — it doesn't matter. What matters is that we can see how you write.
- 03
Technical reading in English.
You read documentation in English without friction and write clearly in Spanish. The library of the craft is in English.
- 04
Documented self-initiative:
courses completed beyond the curriculum, repos with steady commits, open-source contributions, side projects you actually finished. Anything that shows you move forward without being pushed.
- 05
Technical feedback without taking it personally.
Code is criticized; you are not.
Rhythm of the atelier.
Here you learn by doing. You'll touch production code from week one — with documented PR review, a weekly pair-programming session with the founder, and direct access when something doesn't add up. This is not a bootcamp. It's real work with a safety net.
Short messages. Quick decisions. Minimum meetings: one weekly 30-minute sync; the rest async over Slack and a shared ticketing tool. We measure ticket throughput and documented technical progression, not reported hours.
Questions are asked without fear. Not knowing something isn't a problem — not asking and breaking production is. The atelier doesn't judge ignorance; it judges carelessness.
The code you'll write belongs to the client from the first commit. Everything that leaves the atelier leaves documented and sign-off ready.
What we offer.
Entry rate for the generation, with an agreed increase upon completing the 90 days. What follows after 12 months is a conversation held with the progression plan in hand.
At 12 months, whoever has met the progression plan and demonstrated technical judgment enters the Semi-Senior conversation inside the atelier — salary band $12—$18 USD/hour. The route is written; the outcome depends on you.
Four steps. No surprises.
- 01
Send portfolio + GitHub.
Two or three personal or academic projects. Reviewable code. We don't want a one-page CV: we want to see how you write.
- 02
30-minute technical call
with the founder. Questions about fundamentals, no trick questions. A conversation, not an exam.
- 03
Paid mini-test.
A UI component with mock data. 2 to 3 hours of work, paid as a one-off independent of the contract. It's the best signal in both directions.
- 04
Decision within 5 business days
after the mini-test. A clear answer: yes, no, or "not now because X".
If the above resonates, send us your application.
Ten minutes. Your portfolio, two short texts, one consent checkbox. The founder responds directly — yes, no, or "not now because X" — within 5 business days.