Engineering Manager

Fraud Deflect; Brasil; On-site; BRL 350,000 - 560,000; Full time

Job summary

Fraud Deflect is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead multiple engineering teams and strengthen how we deliver software. This is a hands-on leadership role combining people management, technical leadership, and delivery ownership.

You will manage and develop engineers, guide architecture and engineering decisions, and ensure teams consistently deliver stable, secure, and maintainable systems. You will review designs and code, troubleshoot critical issues, build prototypes, and unblock teams

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 6+ years in a leadership or management role.
• Experience leading multiple teams and cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong backend, API, database, cloud and distributed system skills.
• Ability to coach engineers and drive delivery.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple engineering teams with clear ownership and priorities.
• Coach engineers and conduct performance feedback.
• Translate business priorities into executable technical plans.
• Own delivery across concurrent projects and manage risks.
• Review designs and critical pull requests.
• Remain hands-on for prototypes, complex debugging, and incidents.
• Improve software quality through testing, observability, and release processes.
• Ensure system reliability, security, and incident follow-up.
• Help hire and develop high-performing engineers.
• Build scalable processes for rapid delivery.

Skills

People management

Team leadership

Backend systems

APIs

Cloud infrastructure

Distributed systems

Code review

Tools

AWS

FastAPI

MySQL

ClickHouse

Airflow

Linux

Job description

Fraud Deflect helps businesses reduce fraud losses, prevent chargebacks, manage disputes, improve operational visibility, and make better decisions using real-time alerts, integrations, automation, and transaction data.

About the Role

Fraud Deflect is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead multiple engineering teams and strengthen how we deliver software.

This is a hands-on leadership role combining people management, technical leadership, and delivery ownership. You will manage and develop engineers, guide architecture and engineering decisions, and ensure teams consistently deliver stable, secure, and maintainable systems. In this role, you must remain technically credible and be willing to review designs and code, troubleshoot critical issues, build prototypes, and directly unblock teams when necessary.

This role reports to the Director of Engineering and will work directly with a Technical Project Manager.

What You Will Do

• Lead multiple engineering teams and establish clear ownership, priorities, and expectations.
• Manage engineers through regular one-on-ones, coaching, feedback, performance management, and career development.
• Partner with Client Experience, Product, Sales, Operations, and company leadership to turn business priorities into executable technical plans.
• Own delivery across concurrent projects, including scope, dependencies, risks, timelines, and release readiness.
• Ensure blockers and delivery risks are identified and escalated early rather than after deadlines are missed.
• Guide architecture, system design, technical tradeoffs, and implementation strategy.
• Review technical designs and critical pull requests while maintaining appropriate engineering standards.
• Remain selectively hands-on through prototypes, complex debugging, production incidents, and high-risk technical work.
• Improve software quality through practical testing, code review, documentation, observability, incident management, and release processes.
• Maintain accountability for system reliability, security, operational readiness, and incident follow-up.
• Improve engineering execution through better planning, ticket quality, estimation, ownership, and project visibility.
• Help hire, onboard, retain, and develop high-performing engineers and technical leaders.
• Build processes that support rapid delivery without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.

What We Are Looking For

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 6+ years of experience managing or formally leading software engineers.
• Experience leading multiple teams, workstreams, or complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong understanding of backend systems, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and distributed system design.
• Experience making architecture decisions and evaluating technical tradeoffs.
• Strong understanding of automated testing, code review, production reliability, security, and incident management.
• Ability to evaluate technical work without needing to personally implement every solution.
• Demonstrated ability to coach engineers, provide direct feedback, and address performance problems.
• Strong project execution skills with a record of delivering complex software initiatives.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving environment where priorities and constraints may change.
• Clear written and verbal communication with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Willingness to challenge unclear requirements, unrealistic timelines, and weak technical decisions.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Python-based backend systems and service-oriented architectures.
• Experience with SQL, data pipelines, and high-volume transactional systems.
• Experience with AWS, FastAPI, MySQL, ClickHouse, Airflow, and Linux environments.
• Experience managing remote or internationally distributed engineering teams.
• Experience in fintech, payments, fraud prevention, chargebacks, disputes, or merchant services.
• Experience improving engineering processes in a rapidly growing organization.

What Success Looks Like

• Teams consistently understand what they own, what they are delivering, and why it matters.
• Projects have clear scope, accountable owners, realistic milestones, and visible risks.
• Delivery becomes more predictable without slowing down engineering.
• Technical decisions improve system reliability, maintainability, and scalability.
• Engineers receive consistent feedback, coaching, and opportunities to grow.
• Production issues result in concrete corrective actions rather than repeated failures.
• Technical leaders become stronger and require less day-to-day escalation.
• Leadership receives accurate visibility into progress, risks, and engineering capacity.
• Teams move quickly while maintaining appropriate quality, security, and operational standards.