Tech Lead

📋 Description

• Actively engage in the development of full-stack solutions, contributing high-quality code to the team's daily activities.

• Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and technical decision-making, serving as both a practical and strategic resource.

• Assist in resolving complex technical challenges, effectively unblocking the team with agility and ownership.

• Prototype, validate, and refine architectural solutions informed by real product and business contexts.

• Remain updated on the team's technology stack, ensuring that technical decisions are based on hands-on experience.

• Define and monitor efficiency and technical quality metrics, facilitating data-driven decision-making.

• Collaborate with Product and Design leadership to ensure that technical initiatives align with the organization’s strategic goals.

• Support Tech References and developers in their technical growth by establishing engineering best practices, architectural patterns, and code quality standards.

• Manage team capacity and technical prioritization, ensuring predictable, sustainable, and impactful business deliveries.

• Adapt squad rituals and workflows as needed, focusing on continuous improvement.

• Strive for a balance between delivery, quality, speed, and team development.

• Ensure effective documentation practices and knowledge sharing within the team.

• Lead management rituals to enhance both individual and collective development.

• Develop and mentor engineering teams, fostering a culture of high performance, collaboration, and continuous learning.

• Plan career advancements (promotions, scope adjustments) based on clear criteria aligned with organizational processes.

• Promote an environment of psychological safety, autonomy, and ownership.

• Participate in team structuring, recruitment, onboarding, and career development for engineering personnel.

• Serve as a guardian of the company culture within the team.

• Reinforce engineering values, expected behaviors, and cultural rituals.

• Cultivate an environment of psychological safety, transparency, and collaboration.

• Ensure alignment between team objectives and the organization’s overarching goals.

⛳️ Requirements

• Prior experience as a Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or senior technical leader within digital product teams.

• A genuinely hands-on profile: a history of technical leadership while maintaining practical code contributions.

• Strong foundation as a full-stack developer, capable of actively contributing to daily coding tasks, beyond just the technical vision.

• Practical expertise in both front-end and back-end development, with real experience in the team's technology stack (not merely oversight).

• Knowledge of distributed systems architecture, microservices, and contemporary engineering practices (CI/CD, DevOps, observability, automated testing).

• Proficiency in utilizing AI tools in development, such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar, along with familiarity with language models and their integration into products and engineering workflows.

• Ability to balance direct technical contributions with strategic decision-making, ensuring efficiency and quality in deliverables.

• Proven experience in leading development teams and/or supporting the technical development of engineers.

• Understanding and experience with agile methodologies and collaborative development practices (Agile, Kanban, Scrum, etc.).

• Strong communication and influencing abilities with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience in structuring teams, performance management, and development planning.

🏝️ Benefits

• CAJU card, providing BRL 1,059.00 monthly credit across various categories: Meals, Food, Mobility, Health, Home Office, Culture, and Education;

• AMIL National Health Plan S750R1 Special Apartment, with a 30% copay on consultations and exams and 40% on certain procedures; extendable to legal dependents (spouses and/or children up to 24 years) with dependent fees deducted from payroll. Cost per dependent: BRL 826.92 per person + copay.

• Complimentary access to Conexa and Zenklub platforms, offering online consultations to support your mental and physical health;

• Childcare allowance according to the regional collective agreement and extended maternity leave for mothers: an option to extend maternity leave to 6 months. For fathers, paternity leave is 30 days.

• SULAMERICA Life Insurance to help safeguard you and your loved ones.

• A day off during your birthday month: take a day off that month to celebrate your special day.

• Totalpass and Wellhub: tools to support your fitness aspirations.

• Transportation allowance: 6% salary discount, if opted in.