Description
Job Summary:
Lead the evolution of strategic products within Grupo Primo's educational arm, combining engineering leadership, architectural vision, and delivery pragmatism.
Key Highlights:
1. Strategic engineering leadership in education
2. Architecture evolution and AI-driven development acceleration
3. Team management, roadmap planning, and continuous process improvement
You will work within Grupo Primo's educational arm, leading the evolution of three strategic initiatives: Finclass, TopInvest, and MyHub.
These are products at different maturity stages — ranging from established platforms to new initiatives under development — presenting challenges including squad organization, roadmap prioritization, architecture evolution, and AI-powered acceleration of the SDLC.
We seek someone who combines engineering leadership, architectural vision, and delivery pragmatism to help structure teams and scale development capacity.
**Position Information**
**Work Model:** On-site in Alphaville
**Reports To:** Head of Software Engineering
**Initial Structure:** \~4 squads, approximately 10 people total
**Responsibilities:**
* Backlog management and delivery (core)
* Structuring and organizing squads (roles, responsibilities, rituals, cadence, and dependencies).
* Managing backlog and prioritization jointly with Product and Business stakeholders, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and team capacity.
* Monitoring planning and execution (quarterly/sprint-based), increasing delivery predictability and transparency.
* Reducing rework and increasing team throughput through continuous process improvement.
* Evolving team agile practices (Scrum/Kanban; references such as SAFe or LeSS where appropriate).
* Ensuring delivery quality through:
* A clear Definition of Done
* Technical debt management
* Well-defined acceptance criteria
* Basic observability
* Engineering discipline
**Architecture and Solutions**
Support technical solution design and validation, serving as a reference for architectural decisions.
Collaborate with the team to define pragmatic architectural, integration, and best-practice standards (e.g., APIs, events, integrations, etc.).
Identify technical bottlenecks and propose improvements related to:* Performance
* Reliability
* Costs
* System evolvability
**Applied AI (Product and Engineering)**
Advance AI usage across the development lifecycle (SDLC), including:* Copilots and agents
* AI-assisted development patterns
* Automated code review
* Test and documentation generation
* Supporting AI-powered features and automations, including initiatives using n8n, LangChain, and integrations with language models.
* Defining minimum practices for security, privacy, and quality evaluation of AI applications in production.
**Preferred Qualifications**
Experience in environments with products at varying maturity stages (discovery to scale).
Hands-on experience with heterogeneous tech stacks (e.g., Java, Node.js, integrations, and automations).
Practical experience with n8n, LangChain, or LLM-based architectures (RAG, agents, tools, observability, and guardrails).
Experience defining engineering metrics (lead time, cycle time, quality, incidents) and indicator-driven management routines.
**What We Expect in the First 6 Months**
* Squads with clearly defined roles, rituals, and responsibilities; structured backlogs; and a functioning prioritization flow.
* Increased delivery predictability and transparency, with visibility into capacity, trade\-offs, and dependencies.
* A lightweight architecture validation process, reducing rework and accelerating technical decisions.
* Initial concrete advancements in AI usage within the SDLC and/or in AI-powered automations and features, with foundational governance practices in place.
Requirements: **Requirements:**
* Experience leading engineering teams or squads, including coordination, prioritization, and delivery management.
* Solid background in system architecture and solutions, with ability to discuss technical trade\-offs.
* Prior hands-on programming experience (not necessarily current), with sufficient technical fluency to discuss design and implementation with developers.
* Strong understanding of SDLC and agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban; familiarity with SAFe or LeSS is a plus).
* Effective communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating problems into actionable plans and clear decisions.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
* Experience in environments with products at varying maturity stages (discovery to scale).
* Hands-on experience with heterogeneous tech stacks (e.g., Java, Node.js, integrations, and automations).
* Practical experience with n8n, LangChain, or LLM-based architectures (RAG, agents, tools, observability, and guardrails).
* Experience defining engineering metrics (lead time, cycle time, quality, incidents) and indicator-driven management routines.
Benefits
Semi-annual variable compensation;
Meal and food vouchers via Ifood Flexible Card;
SulAmérica health insurance;
SulAmérica dental insurance;
* ️Total Pass;
* ️ Life insurance;
Transportation allowance;
Childcare assistance;
Access to Grupo Primo's platforms.