This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Head of Engineering based in Brazil.
This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of engineering, product strategy, and business execution within a fast-scaling digital commerce environment. You will be responsible for shaping the technical vision while ensuring strong alignment with product and company goals. The role combines hands-on technical involvement with strategic leadership, requiring both architectural expertise and team management capabilities. You will lead cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and executive stakeholders to drive roadmap execution. The environment is fast-paced, highly iterative, and focused on rapid growth and innovation. It is an opportunity to build, scale, and mentor a high-performing engineering organization while directly influencing product direction and business outcomes.
Accountabilities:
- Own and drive the end-to-end engineering and product roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities and execution timelines.
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering teams, fostering accountability, performance, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate closely with executive leadership, product, and design teams to translate business strategy into technical delivery.
- Oversee sprint planning, project execution, resource allocation, and delivery milestones to ensure timely and high-quality releases.
- Define and enforce engineering best practices, ensuring scalability, system reliability, and code quality.
- Actively contribute to system architecture, technical decision-making, and hands-on development when needed.
- Identify risks, remove blockers, and ensure successful delivery of complex technical initiatives.
- Promote a strong culture of ownership, collaboration, and operational excellence across engineering teams.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including senior technical leadership roles.
- Proven experience leading and scaling engineering teams in startup or fast-growth environments.
- Strong track record of owning product roadmaps and delivering cross-functional technical projects.
- Deep understanding of software architecture, system design, and scalable engineering practices.
- Hands-on technical capability with the ability to contribute to code and architecture when required.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience working with founders and executive teams.
- Highly organized, proactive, and capable of managing multiple priorities in dynamic environments.
- Strong product mindset with the ability to prioritize based on business impact and user value.
- Experience in e-commerce or similar fast-paced digital product environments is highly desirable.
- Passion for building teams, developing talent, and driving organizational growth.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation aligned with senior leadership responsibilities.
- Remote or flexible work arrangements (depending on team structure).
- Opportunity to lead engineering in a high-growth international startup environment.
- Significant ownership over product and technical strategy.
- Direct impact on business growth and product direction.
- Collaborative, high-performance culture with strong autonomy.
- Opportunity to build and scale engineering teams from the ground up.
- Exposure to cutting-edge product development and modern tech stacks.