Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join QuintoAndar's Lisbon Tech Hub as a Staff Software Engineer and contribute to shaping the future of real estate technology. Work remotely from anywhere in Portugal or in our Lisbon office. Collaborate with a global team on innovative projects, utilizing technologies like Java, Kotlin, React, and Flutter. The role involves the entire product development lifecycle, from ideation to deployment and monitoring. You will mentor junior engineers, participate in hiring, and lead complex projects. QuintoAndar offers a competitive compensation package with various benefits.

Requirements

• Fluency in at least one programming language, relational databases, web or app development
• Proven track record of delivering solutions to complex problems, with experience designing, building, and maintaining large, scalable systems/apps
• Deep understanding of best practices for software maintainability and team productivity
• Experience using RESTful APIs, distributed systems, CI/CD, and test automation
• Excellent operational and troubleshooting skills
• 7+ years experience in software development
• Ability to learn quickly and deliver real impact through high-quality data-driven and structured software
• Professional fluency in English (Portuguese is a plus)

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve scalable, high-maintainable services (mostly Java/Kotlin), web applications (React), and mobile apps (Flutter)
• Own the entire lifecycle of your code, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving production issues
• Enhance the development experience by improving dev tools, test coverage, and code structure
• Contribute to the broader product team by conducting code reviews, RFC reviews, and sharing knowledge and best practices in product development
• Lead complex projects, involving multiple teams
• Mentor less experienced software developers
• Participate in the hiring process: interviewing, evaluating candidates, and raising the bar
• Engage in critical analysis of company-wide development tools and processes, identifying areas for improvement and implementing best practices to enhance software maintainability and team productivity

Preferred Qualifications

• Know computer theory, including optimization of algorithms and distributed systems
• Deep understanding of one of our main stacks/frameworks: Java (Spring), Kotlin, React (Next.js), Flutter
• Have experience with AWS cloud services
• Understand containers, and container orchestration (eg. Kubernetes)
• Have experience maintaining high-availability services/apps
• Led projects that involved the collaboration of different teams
• Have experience mentoring less experienced engineers, and interviewing software engineering candidates

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including salary + performance annual bonus + stock options, and additional benefits, such as
• Meal allowance
• Health insurance
• Work from-home allowance
• Transportation
• 25 vacation days per year + a week off between end of year Holidays
• Labor accident insurance
• Life insurance
• Child care allowance (children up to 5 years old)
• Maternity and paternity leave extended to 180 and 30 days, respectively
• Educational discounts