Director, Mobile Engineering Lead

Poatek; Porto Alegre; On-site; BRL 500,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental plan

Life insurance

Monthly voucher for meals and culture

Child care assistance

Flexible hours and autonomy

International travel opportunities

Job summary

A leading international consultancy is seeking a Director, Engineering Lead to oversee a significant mobile project impacting millions globally. Responsibilities include managing multiple teams, driving product delivery, and engaging with stakeholders. Ideal candidates have extensive engineering experience, leadership skills, and fluency in English and Portuguese. This hybrid role is based in São Paulo or Porto Alegre and offers flexible hours, career development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of professional engineering experience in digital products.
• At least 5 years of experience leading teams.
• Strong experience with CI/CD and Agile techniques.
• Ability to manage internal and external stakeholder discussions.
• Experience with CI/CD and Agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple teams of developers and engineers.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality digital products.
• Engage with C-Level stakeholders for decision-making and negotiation.
• Own project scope and guide cutting-edge delivery practices.

Skills

Mobile app development technologies

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Coaching and feedback

Fluent English

Fluent Portuguese

English/Portuguese

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

React Native

Android

iOS

Job description

The Opportunity

We are looking for a skilled Director, Engineering Lead to manage an important big mobile project for a 70,000+ people company.

You will be responsible for managing 3 teams of 15 mobile developers plus test engineers building amazing digital products, and you’ll help them achieve their personal and professional goals. You’ll also drive the team and our clients to use cutting-edge techniques and processes for software delivery, and use your technical prowess to shape the solutions we create. You will engage with different internal and external C-Level and Director stakeholders in negotiating the best course of action and goals to achieve, making successful decisions to launch a solution that is their next big investment.

This is a position that requires someone who will take full ownership of a project that will impact the lives of millions of users across the globe.

Location and Flexibility

This is a hybrid role. This model requires the ability to work in a hybrid mode from one of our offices in São Paulo or Porto Alegre. Our office culture is designed to foster in-person innovation, collaboration, and connection with team members local and visiting from other global offices.

Qualifications

• Have professional engineering experience — at least 8 years building digital products, and at least 5 years leading a team;
• Have professional engineering experience with Mobile app development technologies (Android, IOS or React Native);
• Have managed a team of software engineers building digital products, and been responsible for growing the people on the team through goal-setting, coaching and feedback;
• Have familiarity with CI/CD, Agile techniques for managing work, pairing, mobbing, and shift-left testing;
• Have owned the delivery of a complete digital product, with code that is durable, secure, scalable and thoroughly tested;
• Strong experience with stakeholder management, both internally and externally, handling challenging discussions and negotiations;
• Can simplify and communicate about complex problems around technology, business processes, user experience and development tasks;
• Fluent English and Portuguese skills - including written, verbal, and presentation;
• This role is open to our São Paulo or Porto Alegre office.

This position will initially be assigned to a client that requires a temporary on-call work arrangement. Further details regarding this work format will be provided during the selection process.

Why Poatek / WillowTree?

In addition to being part of an international and innovative consultancy company, you will have:

• Flexible hours and autonomy
• Work with cutting edge technologies
• Partner with global and relevant brands in the market
• Collaborative team and learning ecosystem
• Career development plan & growth
• International travel opportunities (optional)

Some of our benefits:

• Health and dental plan
• Life insurance
• Monthly voucher for meals, culture, education, health and mobility
• Child care assistance and more!

Equality is a principle here at Poatek/ WillowTree. We are committed to building an inclusive team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. Therefore we provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability.