Tech Team Lead

Summary

Join MANUAL as a Tech Team Lead and contribute to improving patients' health and lives by developing web applications and leading a cross-functional team. You will be responsible for leading a team of frontend and backend engineers, working closely with product managers, designers, QAs, data scientists, and business stakeholders. You will also be responsible for guiding technical decisions, ensuring the quality of your team's work, and contributing to the continuous improvement of engineering practices. This role requires at least 7 years of commercial experience as a software engineer or team lead, full product lifecycle experience, and strong communication skills. You will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment and contribute to a product that can make a positive impact on millions of people worldwide.

Requirements

• Excellent English skills (verbal and written) are mandatory
• At least 7 years of commercial experience as a software engineer or a team lead
• Full product lifecycle experience with product development - from inception through to deployment to production and maintenance
• Experience with working in broader cross functional teams with business stakeholders
• Familiarity with business and commercial metrics to measure the impact of your work. Familiarity with engineering metrics to measure the impact of your team
• Solid understanding of architecture, programming concepts and patterns, TDD and unit testing
• Great verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas in a simple way to non-engineering teammates
• A strong desire to learn and to contribute to the team’s work

Responsibilities

• Lead a delivery team
• Lead a small, cross-functional team of frontend & backend engineers, working closely Product Managers, Designers, QAs, Data Scientists, business stakeholders and domain experts
• Be the technical partner to the product manager and partner teams to evaluate the feasibility and efficient delivery of new product features and improvements
• Together with the team, shape up product ideas into delivery plans, and then turn these plans into successful product launches
• Contribute to your team’s delivery with hands on work - from architectural design, to implementation & testing and deployment & operations
• Grow and develop your teammates
• Support the growth of your teammates by regularly providing actionable feedback, growth opportunities and stretch goals
• Help the team get closer to our customers and actively participate when solving their problems and needs
• Guide optimal technical decisions & continuous improvement of our engineering practices
• Guide your team on making optimal technical decisions and implementations, adhering to the adopted practices and making the appropriate practical tradeoffs for the situation at hand
• Ensure the quality and robustness of your team’s work, by utilising the right mix of unit, integration, E2E and manual testing
• Collaborate with the other Team Leads and the Engineering Leadership on the continuous improvement and evolution of our process, ways of working and tech stack

Preferred Qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science or equivalent is a plus
• Experience with A/B testing and feature flags
• An eye for user behaviour and design

Benefits

• Generous stock option plan
• Private medical insurance
• Gym & wellness benefit with Wellhub
• Remote, hybrid, and flexible work; with office options in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
• English classes benefit with Cambly
• 30 days holidays and parental leave, with flexible working policies
• International exposure with direct interactions with the UK/EU team
• Annual company retreat
• A fun and friendly working environment with sharp and motivated co-workers
• Join in the early stages of one of the most promising scale-ups in the health & wellness space