Grupo QuintoAndar | Senior Software Engineer

About Grupo QuintoAndar

Grupo QuintoAndar is the most valuable real estate tech company in Latin America, it was born in Brazil to do something very rewarding: open doors. We opened doors for technology to be part of living. And, through it, we reduce the bureaucracy and simplify the experience of the whole real estate ecosystem, including those renting, buying, and selling homes, as well as real estate brokers, agencies, and other partners of the real estate market.

Together, our leading brands offer solutions covering all stages of the housing journey, namely: Immuebles24 (Mexico), Zonaprop (Argentina), Adondevivier & Urbania (Peru), Plusvalia (Ecuador), ImovelWeb and QuintoAndar (Brazil)

Backed by a world-class team of investors and advisors, such as Kaszek, Qualcomm, General Atlantic, and SoftBank, QuintoAndar Group is currently valued at over $5.1 billion and continues to grow year-over-year.

To make all this happen, we have more than 3,500 talented people, working with cutting-edge technology and the best design practices to ensure a seamless experience throughout the sales and rental process, combined with smart financial products. Here you will work with the best professionals in the market, in an environment that breathes innovation, collaboration, and high performance.

To learn more about our history, visit https://grupoquintoandar.com.

About Grupo QuintoAndar:

We are Grupo QuintoAndar, the largest real estate ecosystem in Latin America. Guided by a shared purpose of helping people love where they live, we have a diverse portfolio of brands and solutions that cover all stages of the journey of living. We develop technologies and innovations that transform and leverage the whole living experience.

About working at QuintoAndar:

• Possibility of learning;
• Opportunity to work in a team that seeks to use the best practices and tools in the market;
• Work in an informal environment with a horizontal structure;
• Being part of a team working on a high-impact project that affects the lives of thousands of people

Location & Remote Work

Our technology team works on the "remote-first" model, which means we are working from home with the possibility of living anywhere in Brazil. We also have the option of using QuintoAndar's offices in São Paulo and Campinas or using partner coworking spaces, both up to twice a week.

Language

This job description is written in English because for that position you will need it for communications with coworkers and suppliers who are from worldwide, for tools and internal materials as well. // A descrição desta vaga está escrita em Inglês porque para esta posição é necessário para a comunicação com colegas e fornecedores, que são de diferentes países, além do uso de ferramentas e materiais internos.

Stages of the Selection Process

Our selection process currently lasts an average of 30-40 days, from application to completion of the assessment. Going through:

• Application
• Technical CV screening
• Interview with Recruiters
• Tech Screening with Engineering Team (live case)
• Technicals Interviews (code and architecture live cases)
• Offer

About the Area:

These are the Senior Software Engineer responsibilities at QuintoAndar:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and solve complex software issues. Be part of the decision-making process for the evolution of our product and business;
• Work with Agile methodologies and participate in ceremonies to contribute to team process improvements;
• Be responsible for the entire software development lifecycle: definition, development, testing, production, and maintenance;
• Be a guardian of your team's delivery quality by reinforcing the adoption of good software development practices, and proposing improvements to our processes; participate in code reviews and design reviews;
• Succeed in a wide range of complex situations across multiple axes (scale, resilience, fault tolerance, etc.);
• Handle incidents, troubleshoot, and debug software issues with a learning mindset. Create post mortems and take actions to avoid similar incidents in the future;
• Implement and maintain scalable and reliable software architecture, as well as design patterns;
• Actively improve the way we build software and pave the road to solve new challenges;
• Mentor a team of software engineers, providing technical guidance and support;
• Participate in code reviews and ensure high code quality

Seniority Level:

We want to have as many talented people as possible in our team. So, although this position is described as "Senior Software Engineer", you can apply even if you don't consider yourself as a senior professional yet. It's important to us to create a qualified talent poll and we will definitely reach out to you if we think you can add to our teams, no matter what seniority level you are today.

Requirements

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience with Agile development practices, including Scrum or Kanban;
• Proficient in one or more programming languages, such as Java, Kotlin, or JavaScript;
• Strong understanding of database design and evolution;
• Experience designing and evolving software architecture from the ground up;
• Skilled in creating RESTful APIs;
• Experience with tools and practices for software monitoring, observability, and performance tracking;
• Solid software engineering fundamentals, including version control, testing, and deployment automation, code reviews, design documentation;
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail; people that are seeking to learn and deliver real impact through high-quality data-driven and structured software, valuing work-life balance;
• Fluency in Portuguese and advanced English - we usually use English to write our code, documentation, tools, reference materials and eventually talk to partners and co-workers from other countries

You'll stand out if you:

• Has experience mentoring a team of software engineers;
• Has solid experience with financial products, and understands the critical paths for payments reliability and ERP software integrations;
• Already developed scalable client-server mobile applications;
• Have experience with cloud service platforms and its services (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc);
• Understand how modern CD/CI works;
• Have some knowledge on containers and container-orchestration (eg. Kubernetes);
• Know how to test and tune scalability;
• Know computer theory, including optimization of algorithms and distributed systems;
• Understand the work is never done; we are always taking care and evolving our services

Important:

• Our selection process starts with the application! If you are truly interested in joining our team, make sure to put in extra effort at this stage. We review all candidates individually and provide feedback even to those who do not proceed in the process;
• All communication is done via email, so be attentive to our messages and whitelist the @quintoandar.com.br domain to prevent our emails from going to spam

Benefits

• Competitive salary package;
• Bonus;
• Meal allowance ("Flash Benefícios");
• Health plan;
• Dental plan (optional);
• Life insurance;
• Daycare subsidy;
• Subsidy to sports practicing (Gympass)
• Parental leave;
• Language learning support

Diversity & Inclusion at QuintoAndar

At QuintoAndar, we believe diversity of perspectives and experiences guarantee a differentiated work environment, based on respect and valuing differences. Feel free to declare the information on the registration form. If you are not comfortable answering them, just choose the option "I prefer not to respond". This information helps us create an increasingly inclusive environment and it is used only for this purpose, it is confidential, and it will not impact your performance throughout the hiring process

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