Tech Lead

Role Overview

• Serve as the technical reference for a squad of 7–10 developers: make design decisions, perform in-depth code reviews, and ensure quality and a steady delivery pace.
• Get hands-on with code when the problem requires it: unblock the team, pair on complex issues, or implement solutions that become references for the squad.
• Propose and defend architectural decisions: not just participate — take ownership and lead.
• Conduct consistent 1:1s and provide clear, constructive feedback, including in challenging situations, and support team growth through development plans that produce concrete, observable change over time.
• Use engineering metrics (cycle time, lead time, deployment frequency, defect rate) to diagnose bottlenecks and improve squad flow — not just to create dashboards that no one reviews.
• Treat CI/CD, observability, and testing strategy as part of the regular workflow: propose improvements, not just execute tasks.
• Connect the squad with product, customer care, and commercial teams: translate technical issues to business context without intermediaries.
• Raise engineering maturity: introduce processes, tools, and standards that make sense for the current stage, not blindly copy big-tech playbooks.

Requirements

• Software development experience (~6+ years) and technical leadership experience (~2+ years): we are looking for someone who has driven meaningful technical decisions, contributed to architecture evolution, and supported the development of other engineers.
• Node.js as the primary day-to-day stack, not occasional use: deep code review skills, performance awareness, and service architecture understanding.
• MongoDB as the main database: able to model, optimize, and understand trade-offs (CDC/change-data-capture is a plus).
• SaaS product architecture: REST APIs, integrations with external systems, data modeling for scale, with design decisions you took through to production, not just proposed.
• CI/CD, Docker, and Linux with autonomy: beyond using the pipeline — you propose and improve it; you operate at the Linux level, not only managed services.
• Observability as a culture: logs, metrics, and alerts from the start of every service — you instrument, not just consume ready-made dashboards.
• Tests that provide real quality: a testing strategy integrated into the workflow, not code coverage as an empty metric.
• AI integrated into the development flow: which tool you used in your code, in which part, and the concrete gains achieved.
• Leadership: mentorship with tangible results and difficult conversations (insufficient performance feedback, technical disagreements, unmet expectations) that you led and that generated change.
• High autonomy: decides without constant validation and assumes the outcome, including when it complicates matters.
• Ownership: sees the team’s bottleneck before it becomes a delivery delay.
• Clear communication: translates technical topics to business context without intermediaries and delivers difficult feedback without beating around the bush.
• Maturity to self-manage while working remotely.

Tech Stack

• Docker
• JavaScript
• Linux
• MongoDB
• Node.js

Benefits

• Flexible employment model — we operate with contractor (PJ) or CLT (Brazilian employment regime) arrangements, to be agreed.
• Compensation aligned with experience, seniority, and career stage.
• Equipment allowance — to ensure a comfortable work setup.
• Health support — because your well-being matters.
• Education allowance — we support your continuous development journey.
• Birthday gift — because we like to celebrate together.
• Long-service recognition — your time with us is valued.
• Language support — to help you go beyond borders.
• TotalPass (individual access).
• Paid leave after 12 months of contract (for contractor/PJ hires).
• Online integration events and social gatherings.