Software Engineering Team Lead

Ria Money Transfer; Brasil; On-site; BRL 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Salary Increase Review

30 Days of Vacation Per Year

Comprehensive Insurance (health, onc —

Meal Allowance

English Course Subsidy/Language Assist

Growth Opportunities

Job summary

Ria Money Transfer is seeking a Senior Software Engineer Team Lead to drive the WhatsApp integration, including the chatbot, APIs, and conversational experiences that connect customers via WhatsApp.

You will lead the WhatsApp squad, translate product strategy into a technical roadmap, influence architecture, mentor engineers, and contribute hands-on code while balancing leadership responsibilities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building production software systems end to end.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.
• Strong system design expertise, including scalable distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and microservices.
• Strong backend proficiency in C# / .NET (preferred). Experience with other OOP languages such as Java, Kotlin, or Go is also welcome.
• Strong SQL skills, including designing efficient schemas, writing and optimizing complex queries, and troubleshooting performance issues in production databases.
• Solid experience across the full software delivery lifecycle in production, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, and release practices that keep systems reliable at scale.
• Working frontend fluency with Vue.js, React, or equivalent frameworks.
• A product mindset: you think about customer impact, not just technical implementation.
• Clear, concise communication. You can distill a complex requirement into a simple message without losing what matters, and you can explain technical concepts to any audience.
• Fluency with AI tools. You use AI assistants and coding tools effectively in your day-to-day work, know where they add value and where human judgment is essential, and can help your team adopt them responsibly.
• A bias for action and comfort with ambiguity. You move quickly while maintaining quality and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow, and support the engineering team behind our WhatsApp squad.
• Translate product strategy into clear, achievable technical roadmaps.
• Guide architecture and technical design decisions across the team's systems.
• Act as the bridge between engineering and cross-functional teams (Product, Design, and others) to support the growth of our WhatsApp channel.
• Raise the bar on engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, and adoption of best practices.
• Stay hands‑on: coding is part of the job. You'll regularly contribute alongside the team, keeping you close to the systems and the craft while balancing your leadership responsibilities.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Architectural design

C# / .NET

Distributed systems

SQL

Frontend (Vue.js / React)

Product mindset

Communication

AI tools

Action bias

Tools

Vue.js

React

Job description

Ria Money Transfer, a business segment of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: EEFT), delivers innovative financial services including fast, secure, and affordable global money transfers to millions of customers, along with currency exchange, mobile top up, bill payment, and check cashing services, offering a reliable omnichannel experience. With over 600,000 locations in nearly 200 countries and territories, our purpose remains to open ways for a better everyday life.

We believe we can create a world in which people are empowered to build the life they dream of, no matter who they are or where they are. One customer, one family, one community at a time.

OUR PRINCIPLES

COMMITMENT: The first step in our journey toward a best in class foreign exchange and cross border payments experience.

ACCOUNTABILITY: Turning our words into action by holding ourselves accountable.

RESPECT: An act of humility, grounded in giving rather than receiving, fostering a respectful environment that starts with leading by example.

EVOLUTION: Each day is a chance to grow, adapt, and push our boundaries, starting every day with the drive to evolve, renew, and rise to the next level.

About This Role

Ria built its business on storefronts and in-person service. Now we're meeting our customers where they already are: on WhatsApp. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer Team Lead to drive that experience. You'll lead our WhatsApp squad, the team that builds the chatbot, APIs, and conversational experiences that let customers connect with Ria through WhatsApp. These services handle millions of transactions, and you'll own how they're designed, scaled, and evolved.

What You'll Do

• Lead, grow, and support the engineering team behind our WhatsApp squad.
• Translate product strategy into clear, achievable technical roadmaps.
• Guide architecture and technical design decisions across the team's systems.
• Act as the bridge between engineering and cross-functional teams (Product, Design, and others) to support the growth of our WhatsApp channel.
• Raise the bar on engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, and adoption of best practices.
• Stay hands‑on: coding is part of the job. You'll regularly contribute alongside the team, keeping you close to the systems and the craft while balancing your leadership responsibilities.

What You Bring

• 8+ years building production software systems end to end.
• Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams and helping individual contributors grow.
• Strong system design expertise, including scalable distributed systems, event‑driven architectures, and microservices, with the judgment to make high‑impact architectural decisions.
• Strong backend proficiency in C# / .NET (preferred). Experience with other OOP languages such as Java, Kotlin, or Go is also welcome.
• Strong SQL skills, including designing efficient schemas, writing and optimizing complex queries, and troubleshooting performance issues in production databases.
• Solid experience across the full software delivery lifecycle in production, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, and release practices that keep systems reliable at scale.
• Working frontend fluency with Vue.js, React, or equivalent frameworks.
• A product mindset: you think about customer impact, not just technical implementation.
• Clear, concise communication. You can distill a complex requirement into a simple message without losing what matters, and you can explain technical concepts to any audience.
• Fluency with AI tools. You use AI assistants and coding tools effectively in your day‑to‑day work, know where they add value and where human judgment is essential, and can help your team adopt them responsibly.
• A bias for action and comfort with ambiguity. You move quickly while maintaining quality and compliance.

Perks & Benefits

• Annual Salary Increase Review
• 30 Days of Vacation Per Year
• Comprehensive Insurance (health, oncological, dental, and life)
• Meal Allowance
• English Course Subsidy/Language Assistance
• Growth Opportunities

Ria Money Transfer is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Check out our website to learn more about the company: www.riamoneytransfer.com

The position responsibilities outlined above are intended to define the general contents and requirements to perform this job. It is not to be taken as a complete statement of responsibilities or requirements. This job description does not restrict the Company’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job as needed.

8+ years building production software systems end to end., Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams and helping individual contributors grow., Strong system design expertise, including scalable distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and microservices, with the judgment to make high-impact architectural decisions., Strong backend proficiency in C# / .NET (preferred). Experience with other OOP languages such as Java, Kotlin, or Go is also welcome., Strong SQL skills, including designing efficient schemas, writing and optimizing complex queries, and troubleshooting performance issues in production databases., Solid experience across the full software delivery lifecycle in production, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, and release practices that keep systems reliable at scale., Working frontend fluency with Vue.js, React, or equivalent frameworks., A product mindset: you think about customer impact, not just technical implementation., Clear, concise communication. You can distill a complex requirement into a simple message without losing what matters, and you can explain technical concepts to any audience., Fluency with AI tools. You use AI assistants and coding tools effectively in your day-to-day work, know where they add value and where human judgment is essential, and can help your team adopt them responsibly., A bias for action and comfort with ambiguity. You move quickly while maintaining quality and compliance