Tech Lead

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking a Senior Tech Lead to lead squads technically, design scalable architectures, and ensure excellence in deliveries, with a focus on innovation and software quality. Key Highlights: 1. Lead squads technically and promote best software development practices. 2. Define technical standards and ensure scalable and secure architecture. 3. Mentor developers and act as the squad's security champion. **About the Role** We are Grupo Irrah, a technology company with over 20 years of experience developing innovative solutions that drive businesses worldwide. Our focus lies in digital transformation, creating tools that help companies achieve their full potential. **Who We Are Looking For** We are looking for a **Senior Tech Lead** passionate about technology, innovation, and software quality. If you enjoy leading engineering teams technically, designing scalable architectures, and ensuring delivery excellence, this role is for you! **General Description** The Tech Lead will serve as the technical mentor for the squad, ensuring delivered software quality, defining architectural standards, promoting best development practices, and collaborating on technical decisions impacting multiple squads. They will also conduct technical interviews, plan deliveries, and guide developers. **Key Responsibilities** * Define technical standards, system design, and architectural alignment for the squad. * Implement automated testing practices (unit, integration, contract) and observability. * Mentor developers, review pull requests, and guide engineering best practices. * Monitor and manage technical debt, plan refactoring efforts, and optimize application performance. * Support the Engineering Manager in technical delivery planning and estimation. * Ensure software is scalable, secure, observable, and easy to maintain. * Act as the squad’s security champion, promoting secure coding practices. * Collaborate with the Principal Architect on architectural decisions affecting multiple squads. * Conduct technical interviews and support the hiring process. * Lead and document technical design (Technical Design Docs) for squad decisions. * Represent the squad in technical guilds/chapters. **Technical Competencies** * Software architecture: Clean Architecture, DDD, SOLID principles, design patterns. * Testing: TDD/BDD, test pyramid, mutation testing, contract testing. * DevOps: CI/CD, infrastructure as code, deployment strategies. * Security: SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, secure coding practices, OWASP. * Performance: profiling, optimization, load testing, scalability. * Observability: logging, metrics (Prometheus), tracing (Jaeger), alerts, SLOs/SLIs. * Code quality: static analysis, test coverage, technical debt management. * APIs: REST, GraphQL, gRPC, versioning strategies. * Databases: SQL, NoSQL, caching, data modeling. **Market Requirements** * Solid experience as a developer, serving as the technical reference for the company’s primary tech stack. * Experience with clean architecture, microservices, messaging (Kafka, Pulsar), and cloud-native applications. * Proficiency in automated testing (unit, integration, E2E, contract). * Knowledge of observability (logs, metrics, tracing) and monitoring. * Ability to lead through technical influence and mentoring of peers. **Education / Minimum Experience** * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related fields. * Background as a Developer with informal technical leadership experience. * Experience in high-complexity and large-scale projects. **Nice-to-Haves** * Desired certifications: AWS, Kubernetes, or language-specific certifications aligned with the company’s tech stack. * Open-source contributions or technical content creation (articles, talks, blogs). **Work Location:** Maringá – PR or Cianorte – On-site