Tech Lead

Responsibilities

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.

Requirements

- 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

Key qualities

- 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.

Benefits in Brazil

- 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