Team Lead – Software Engineer (LATAM)

About the role

We are looking for a Team Lead – Software Engineer to own the technical direction and delivery of our event‑driven backend services for the LATAM region. You will lead a small team of 2–3 engineers, combining hands‑on development with mentorship, architectural guidance and cross‑functional collaboration.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers: set priorities, conduct code reviews and support career growth.
• Architect and build event‑driven microservices using Node.js, TypeScript, RabbitMQ and MongoDB.
• Drive adoption of hexagonal (ports and adapters) architecture across services.
• Make technical decisions on service boundaries, messaging patterns, data modeling and deployment strategies.
• Establish engineering standards: testing, CI/CD, observability and documentation.
• Collaborate with product, design and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical plans.
• Identify bottlenecks, manage technical debt and continuously improve team velocity and code quality.
• Evaluate and introduce AI/agentic capabilities as the roadmap evolves.

Required profile

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• At least 1–2 years in a lead or senior mentorship role.
• Strong communication skills to explain technical trade‑offs to both engineers and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Ability to balance technical leadership with hands‑on coding (≈60% coding, 40% leadership).

Required skills

• Node.js
• TypeScript
• RabbitMQ (or similar message brokers such as Kafka, NATS)
• MongoDB (schema design, aggregation pipelines, indexing)
• Hexagonal / clean architecture principles
• Git
• CI/CD pipelines
• Docker and containerization
• Modern DevOps practices