The Opportunity
As a Software Engineering Manager, you’ll be a manager of a cross functional team (e.g. engineers, product, program management, etc) building amazing digital products for our clients, and you’ll help them achieve their personal and professional goals. You’ll also drive the team and our clients to use cutting-edge techniques and processes for software delivery, and use your technical prowess to shape the solutions we create. Success looks like an energized, happy team building high-quality software for eager, engaged client stakeholders.
Location and Flexibility
This is a hybrid role. This model requires the ability to work in a hybrid mode from one of our offices in São Paulo (2 times/ week or 8 days/ month) or Porto Alegre (3 times/ week or 12 days/ month). Our office culture is designed to foster in-person innovation, collaboration, and connection with team members local and visiting from other global offices.
Qualifications
- You are driven by curiosity and enthusiastic about learning new technologies
- Believe in autonomy and taking initiative
- Have professional engineering experience with background in Mobile development — we’re thinking at least 5 years building digital products, and at least 2 years leading a team
- Have managed a team of software engineers building digital products, and been responsible for growing the people on the team through goal-setting, coaching and feedback
- Are comfortable having difficult conversations and always have your clients’ and teammates’ best interests in mind
- Have familiarity with CI/CD, Agile techniques for managing work, pairing, mobbing, and shift-left testing
- Have owned the delivery of a complete digital product, with code that is durable, secure, scalable and thoroughly tested
- Can simplify and communicate about complex problems around technology, business processes, user experience and development tasks
Bonus Points
- You’ve worked in a client services environment (e.g. digital agency)
- Experience conducting interviews and hiring for your team
- Experience consulting with teams on best practices
You’ll love this job if you...
- Are comfortable collaborating and communicating with teams and clients to deliver software in an agile environment
- Think of the product you are building as part of an ecosystem of development, testing and deployment tools and processes
- Pride yourself on your work and take responsibilities and commitments seriously
- Value daily opportunities to immerse yourself deeply in your work
- Celebrate differences and thrive in an environment where everyone’s unique contributions are encouraged
- Value a feedback culture that fosters personal and professional growth
Why Poatek / WillowTree?
In addition to being part of an international and innovative consultancy company, you will have:
- Flexible hours and autonomy
- Work with cutting edge technologies
- Partner with global and relevant brands in the market
- Collaborative team and learning ecosystem
- Career development plan & growth
- Internacional travel opportunities (optional)
Some of our benefits:
- Health and dental plan
- Life insurance
- Monthly voucher for meals, culture, education, health and mobility
- Child care assistance and more!
Equality is a principle here at Poatek. We are committed to building an inclusive team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. Therefore we provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability.
