We simplify the lives of thousands of entrepreneurs. We are an ERP system for micro and small businesses, offering tools that enable more integrated, simple, and practical operational and financial management. Do you want to lead high-impact technical initiatives, influence strategic decisions, and shape the technological future of a growing company? We’re looking for a **Technical Leader/Principal Backend Engineer**, who will serve as the **Backend** reference, operating cross-functionally to connect innovation, architecture, and delivery excellence. As Principal Backend Engineer, you will be the top technical authority for our platforms. Your mission is to design, guide, and execute the architectural vision for our backend ecosystem, ensuring our solutions are scalable, performant, and empower our product teams to deliver value quickly and with quality. You will mentor engineers, define standards, and solve our most complex technical challenges.  This opportunity is fully remote, under CLT employment regime, with a 40-hour weekly schedule. **Join us in helping businesses manage their operations simply and intelligently—through technology!** **Responsibilities and Duties** **Technical Leadership** * Lead large-scale, high-impact technical initiatives. * Define and influence architectural and technological directions. * Guide engineers on complex projects and support strategic hiring. * Evaluate and approve technical solutions proposed by teams. **Innovation and Research** * Explore new technologies, conduct advanced research, and propose innovative approaches. * Track market trends and foster internal experimentation. **Mentoring and Development** * Serve as a technical mentor and support the development of future leaders. * Elevate the overall engineering team’s technical level by promoting best practices and standards. **Representation and Communication** * Represent the company at conferences, events, and external initiatives. * Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical areas, ensuring clarity and alignment. **Cross-Functional Collaboration** * Collaborate closely with Product, UX, Marketing, Support, and other departments to align solutions with business needs. * Translate business requirements into technical decisions—and vice versa. **Strategic Decision-Making** * Participate in company-level strategic discussions related to architecture, infrastructure, and technical roadmap. * Support long-term planning and identify opportunities for evolution. **Quality, Scalability, and Security** * Ensure systems are robust, performant, scalable, and secure. * Define and maintain quality standards throughout development. * Promote testing, automation, observability, and resilience practices. **Requirements and Qualifications** **Behavioral Competencies** * Deep, up-to-date technical expertise. * Strategic thinking and ability to translate strategy into execution. Excellent communication across all levels (engineers to executives). * Inquisitive, results-oriented, agile, and ownership-driven mindset. * Strong negotiation and influence skills (without direct people management). * Ability to solve complex problems. * Skill in handling conflict and making risk- and impact-based decisions. **Technical Competencies** **Languages and Frameworks** * Proficiency in multiple languages: C#, Java, Go, PHP, Vue.js, React Native, among others. * Knowledge of diverse paradigms: object-oriented, functional, procedural. **Development Principles and Practices** * Clean Code, S.O.L.I.D., DDD, TDD. * Design patterns and engineering best practices. **Software Architecture** * Architectures: Hexagonal, Onion, Clean Architecture. * Styles: Monolith, Plugin Architecture, SOA, Microservices, Event-Driven. * Enterprise Architecture discipline, Socio-Technical Architecture, and capability mapping. **Data and Integrations** * Relational databases, NoSQL, caching, CQRS. * Protocols: REST, gRPC, WebSocket. * API and capability design and governance. **Infrastructure and DevOps** * Distributed computing, security, observability, and performance. * Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and core components. * Quality: stress testing, load testing, BDD, TDD. **Methods and Management** * Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban). * Definition and tracking of technical metrics and KPIs. * Experience with OKRs. **What We Expect From This Person** * Ability to broaden the company’s technical vision. * Role as a reference point and positive influence within the team. * Strategic, innovative, and results-oriented mindset. * Technical maturity to bridge architecture, business, and people. **Additional Information** **What We Offer:** Health insurance; Dental insurance; Meal or food allowance; Childcare allowance; Remote work allowance; Profit-sharing program (PPR); Birthday day off; Life insurance; Wellhub; Férias&Co (travel benefit); Zenklub (psychotherapy/nutritional counseling); 6-month maternity leave and 20-day paternity leave; Flexible working hours; Education and language learning allowances; Join us in helping businesses manage their operations simply and intelligently—through technology! We foster an honest, transparent, and continuously evolving culture focused on creating a lighter workplace and full integration among all Blingers. **Where We Are:** Rua Olavo Bilac, 914, sala 101 – Ground floor – Imigrante | Bento Gonçalves – RS | ZIP: 95702-000 **Important Note:** All open positions at LWSA are open to everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or socioeconomic background. We emphasize that our job openings are fully accessible to people with disabilities (PwDs). Did you know LWSA is a digital solutions ecosystem composed of multiple companies? Yes—and all share a single objective: **transforming businesses so they can grow and thrive through technology**. Our team is recognized for its **passion, creativity, persistence, and collaboration**. Just like the professionals building their careers here, each of our brands has its own unique identity—but shares the same drive to evolve and consistently deliver excellence. **LWSA has a place that could be perfect for you!** Here, you’ll build your career in an environment of **autonomy, respect, and diversity**, at a company committed to developing its professionals to keep innovating and creating tomorrow’s solutions. So, are you ready to join this ecosystem and discover all the possibilities we have for your career? If you feel you “match” our profile and wish to share your resume here, that’s the first step toward becoming part of our team!