Software Engineer Manager, LatAm

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Latin America.

📋 Description

• Recruit, onboard, and develop engineers at various levels.

• Conduct effective one-on-one meetings, performance evaluations, and career development discussions.

• Mentor engineers in both technical expertise and interpersonal skills.

• Cultivate a supportive, inclusive, and inspiring team environment.

• Ensure timely project delivery while maintaining high-quality standards.

• Manage sprint activities (planning, standups, retrospectives) from a managerial viewpoint.

• Identify and eliminate obstacles, enhance workflows, and optimize processes.

• Collaborate with PMs and Designers to establish priorities and align objectives.

• Steer architectural and technical choices without engaging in daily coding.

• Promote best practices in testing, monitoring, scalability, and security.

• Review design work and provide mentorship to senior engineers.

• Serve as a liaison between leadership priorities and engineering execution.

• Comprehend product and business goals and translate them into engineering strategies.

• Balance immediate delivery needs with long-term sustainability considerations.

• Engage in budgeting and workforce planning.

• Represent engineering in leadership and cross-functional conversations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Exceptional empathy, emotional intelligence, and communication abilities.

• Demonstrated experience in coaching, mentorship, and conflict resolution.

• Capacity to foster trust and psychological safety within teams.

• Strong understanding of Agile, Kanban, or Lean methodologies.

• Knowledge of prioritization frameworks such as OKRs, RICE, or ICE.

• Experience in stakeholder collaboration and expectation management.

• Proven track record in hiring and building effective teams.

• Solid foundation in software engineering and systems architecture.

• Ability to assess technical proposals and make informed trade-offs.

• Familiarity with infrastructure, scalability, observability, and reliability principles.

• Understanding of CI/CD processes, testing methodologies, and incident response strategies.

• Capability to connect engineering decisions to business outcomes.

• Strong judgment in balancing speed against quality, and features against technical debt.

• Comfort in communicating trade-offs and risks to executive teams.

• At least 5 years of engineering experience, with a minimum of 2 years in management or lead roles.

• Proven experience managing teams of 5 to 15 engineers.

• Experience in fintech, SaaS, or other high-scale environments is a plus.

• Proficiency in English, with fluency in Spanish or Portuguese being a strong advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligible team members can participate in R2’s Phantom Share Program, a performance-based incentive.

• Equipment provided by R2.

• Training budget allocated for professional development.

• Opportunities for career advancement within R2.

• The chance to be part of a high-impact, mission-driven fintech with regional reach.

• Collaborate with exceptional cross-functional teams throughout Latin America.