Software Engineer Manager - Busca e Recomendação

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Software Engineer Manager - Busca e Recomendação based in Brazil.

This is a leadership opportunity for an experienced engineering professional to guide two engineering teams focused on creating a best-in-class search and recommendation experience. You will work closely with Product, Design, and Data teams to translate business priorities into high-quality, scalable technology solutions. The role combines people leadership, technical strategy, engineering excellence, and business impact. You will foster a high-performance environment centered on ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You will also help shape engineering strategy, monitor key performance metrics, and ensure teams deliver with both speed and quality. With a flexible, predominantly remote working model, the role offers autonomy while connecting you with a diverse and multidisciplinary technology organization.

Accountabilities
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Lead and develop two engineering teams, working closely with Product, Design, and Data disciplines to establish priorities, remove obstacles, and drive strong technical and business outcomes.

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Ensure engineering teams consistently deliver high-quality solutions with the appropriate balance of speed, reliability, scalability, and alignment with business objectives.

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Build and maintain a high-performance culture based on ownership, collaboration, accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

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Support the growth and development of team members through regular feedback, career conversations, performance management, and individualized development plans.

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Strengthen communication and alignment across different squads and stakeholders, ensuring priorities, dependencies, decisions, and expectations remain clear.

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Track and evolve engineering metrics related to quality, performance, productivity, and delivery effectiveness, using data to identify opportunities for improvement.

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Contribute to strategic decisions across the broader technology organization, connecting engineering initiatives with customer needs, business priorities, and measurable impact.

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Help guide technical direction and engineering practices for systems operating at significant scale, with a strong focus on availability, reliability, and sustainable architecture.

Requirements:

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Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, combined with a solid background in software development.

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Proven experience managing people and leading software engineering teams, with the ability to develop talent and create a strong team culture.

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Experience working with distributed systems and high-scale, high-availability environments, with a strong understanding of reliability and scalability challenges.

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Knowledge of software architecture, engineering best practices, and technical decision-making, with the ability to engage effectively in technical discussions.

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Experience collaborating within multidisciplinary teams involving Product, Design, Data, and other business or technology stakeholders.

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Strong communication, leadership, and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders across different levels of an organization.

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Data-driven approach to decision-making, with the ability to connect engineering metrics and technical choices to customer outcomes and business impact.

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Strong ownership, strategic thinking, problem-solving abilities, and a continuous-improvement mindset.

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Experience with search, recommendation, or relevance systems, including ranking or search engines, is considered a plus.

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Familiarity with experimentation methodologies such as A/B testing and user-experience optimization is an advantage.

Benefits:

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Competitive compensation aligned with the market.

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Health insurance and dental insurance.

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Private pension plan.

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Flexible benefits designed to adapt to individual needs.

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Meal and food allowance.

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Financial counseling and support.

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Employee advantages and discount club.

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Home office allowance.

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Mobility allowance.

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Childcare support.

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Life insurance.

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Extended leave policies.

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Programs supporting sports, quality of life, health, and wellbeing.

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Payroll-deducted loans with reduced interest rates.

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Flexible, predominantly remote working model with occasional in-person team gatherings when needed.

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Opportunity to lead engineering teams working on high-scale search and recommendation challenges with significant customer and business impact.

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Inclusive and collaborative environment focused on diversity, equity, innovation, and high performance.