Software Engineering Leader

Summary

Join dLocal, a global company enabling businesses to collect payments in emerging markets, as a Software Engineering Leader. You will lead a front-end team, guide technical direction, mentor engineers, and work on mission-critical applications for clients like Netflix, Amazon, and Facebook. This role offers a flexible, remote-first work environment with travel, health, and learning benefits. You will be part of a diverse team and contribute to a global career impacting millions of lives.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software development experience with JavaScript applications
• Strong knowledge of React
• Experience with Next.js
• Familiarity with testing libraries (e.g., Jest, Testing Library, Cypress)
• Deep understanding of Gitflow , GitHub flow , and common versioning issues (merging conflicts, branching strategies, etc.)
• Proven ability to take ownership , be proactive , and work independently
• Experience leading teams and mentoring junior developers
• Strong collaboration skills with product/design teams
• Comfortable guiding technical direction and setting best practices for the team
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Knowledge of the static, server-side side, and client-side rendering and their differences
• Understanding of the concepts behind pure functions, immutability, and flux pattern
• Knowledge of the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Understanding of fundamental design principle s behind a scalable application
• Upper-intermediate English (Spanish is a plus)

Responsibilities

• You'll be responsible for week-to-week planning of your team and keeping each member accountable
• As a tech lead, part of your role is to be a people manager - It's vital you dedicate time to managing your team members
• You'll be expected to drive technical direction in projects and assure they meet scalability and robustness requirements
• You'll be hands-on on projects, getting deep into code and project architecture
• You'll be responsible for hiring for your team
• You'll be responsible for communicating and planning between other teams

Benefits

• Remote work: work from anywhere or one of our offices around the globe!*
• Flexibility: we have flexible schedules and we are driven by performance
• Fintech industry: work in a dynamic and ever-evolving environment, with plenty to build and boost your creativity
• Referral bonus program: our internal talents are the best recruiters - refer someone ideal for a role and get rewarded
• Learning & development: get access to a Premium Coursera subscription
• Language classes: we provide free English, Spanish, or Portuguese classes
• Social budget: you'll get a monthly budget to chill out with your team (in person or remotely) and deepen your connections!
• DLocal Houses: want to rent a house to spend one week anywhere in the world coworking with your team? We’ve got your back!