About this role
Technical leadership and architecture
- Own the quality of the code and architecture the team produces.
- Design solution architectures and be able to explain what was built at a low level of detail.
- Make critical technical decisions that shape product direction and business results.
- Keep AI as a core component of the design.
Team leadership
- Coordinate a team of 5 engineers located in Brazil and Argentina.
- Stay hands-on, writing code alongside the team.
- Foster a culture of high ownership, where the team decides what to build and how, instead of just closing tickets.
Product and business impact
- Align with Product and Business teams on the roadmap of our applications.
- Negotiate priorities, backlog, and scope with Product and Business.
- Take Purchasing, Sales, and Car Journey from roadmap to production.
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering.
- Professional experience with Java or Go
- Strong backend experience with microservices and APIs.
- Experience designing solution architectures.
- Experience coordinating technology teams.
- Strong negotiation skills, including negotiating backlog with Product.
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment.
Plus:
- Familiarity with React Native, our frontend stack.
- Professional proficiency in Spanish
- Proactive, and comfortable stepping out of your comfort zone to figure out what needs to be done.
- Experience at early-stage or growth-stage startups.
- Enthusiasm for working with AI-assisted development and agent-based products.
Kavak Talent Mindsets
- Deliver Impact: You prioritize what generates measurable results and raise the bar using technology and data. You have a consistent track record of delivering relevant and measurable results.
- Engage Fast: You act on problems and opportunities. You decide on time, advance in short cycles, and adjust when necessary without compromising standards.
- Engage with Purpose: You act with extreme ownership, taking total responsibility for results that impact your work and aligning decisions with Kavak's vision and purpose.
- Play to Win Together: You prioritize collective results over individual success.
- Medical and dental coverage for you and your legal dependents
- Wellhub: physical activities and mental health support
- Meal and/or food voucher: credit on the Flash card, for you to choose where and how to use it
- Mobility support or transportation voucher
- Free on-site parking
- Chartered transportation (no deduction)
- Life insurance
- Amparo: To support for you and your family through the administrative, financial, and emotional challenges of losing a loved one
- Birthday day off
- Extended paternity leave
- Discount on car purchases from Kavak’s inventory, plus 4 inspections at a symbolic price, per current policy
Tech stack
JavaReact