Grupo QuintoAndar | Senior Software Engineer [Portugal]

QuintoAndar; Portugal; Remote; EUR 73,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Profit sharing

Meal allowance

Health insurance

Dental plan

Life insurance

Childcare subsidy and Atypical Parent­

Wellhub

Home office allowance

Employee assistance program

Extended parental leave

Day off on birthday

Benefits Club

Discounts at educational institutions

Reading kit for children – PlayKids

Job summary

Grupo QuintoAndar seeks a Staff Software Engineer to drive technical execution in a remote-first setup with optional São Paulo office access. You will tackle high-impact distribution problems, architect scalable systems for real-time ML processing, and guide teams through an AI-first pivot.

Expect to work with Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Go, Python, React, and AWS, while valuing problem-solving, adaptability, and an engineering mindset above specific stacks.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience, delivering high-volume, distributed systems.
• Deep knowledge of modern software architecture, data consistency, fault tolerance and optimization.
• Experience with data-intensive applications and scaling ML/AI features.
• Ability to articulate engineering trade-offs concretely (simplicity vs. flexibility, velocity vs. reliability).
• Proven track record removing barriers to collaboration and fostering inclusive engineering culture.
• Fluency in Portuguese and English (mandatory).

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of scalable systems for AI-first initiatives.
• Analyze trade-offs and guide teams through complex architectural decisions.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure reliability, latency, and cost efficiency of distributed services.
• Architect and evolve data pipelines and microservices to support real-time ML processing.

Skills

Distributed systems

Software architecture

ML/AI readiness

Portuguese fluency

English fluency

AI/ML features

High concurrency

Cost optimization

Tools

Java

Kotlin

Node.js

Go

Python

React

AWS

Claude Code

Job description

About Grupo QuintoAndar

Grupo QuintoAndar is the largest real estate ecosystem in Latin America, with brands and solutions across six countries.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to help people love where they live by making the housing journey simpler, from finding a home to managing life in it.

Investment

We're also investing R$ 2 billion in technology and AI over the next two years, expanding our engineering capabilities and developing more conversational product experiences.

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

Location & Remote Work

Our technology team operates under a "remote-first" model, which means we work from home and can live anywhere in Brazil. We also offer the option of working from our São Paulo office. Furthermore, we offer the Work From Anywhere program, allowing you to work from any country for up to 90 days a year, ensuring you have the flexibility to do the best work of your career.

The Role

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a core driver of our technical execution. Here, you won't just "maintain old systems" or "take tickets." We are an organization of builders guided by deep technical density. You will use our Leadership Principles, like Dive Deep and Make it Great, to solve high-impact distribution problems and build the systems of our next decade.

We believe that technology scales execution, but senior talent scales judgment. You will be at the forefront of our AI-First pivot, designing highly scalable, resilient systems capable of supporting low-latency conversational journeys, heavy microservices orchestration, and real-time ML processing.

Our Tech Stack: We work with Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Go, Python, React, and more, primarily hosted on AWS. Our daily workflow also incorporates various AI tools, including Claude Code.

Don't worry if you haven't mastered our exact stack. We value strong problem-solving skills, adaptability, and an engineering mindset over specific technology experience.

Position & Technical Challenges

We hire Staff Software Engineers through a unified selection process for multiple engineering teams.

At the final stage, you'll have the opportunity to explore which team best matches your experience and interests, alongside our hiring needs.

What we are looking for

• 10+ years of experience in software development, leading the delivery of high-volume, high-concurrency, and mission-critical distributed systems.
• Deep knowledge of modern software architecture paradigms, distributed data consistency, fault tolerance, and system optimization.
• Understanding of data-intensive applications and readiness to build architectures that support Machine Learning/AI features at scale.
• Proven ability to analyze and articulate engineering trade-offs concretely (e.g., simplicity vs. flexibility, velocity vs. reliability, build vs. buy).
• Demonstrated capability to remove barriers to collaboration, conduct difficult structural conversations, and foster an inclusive engineering culture.
• Fluency in Portuguese and excellent English skills (mandatory).

You’ll stand out if you:

• Have prior experience designing architectures that natively integrate with LLMs, multi-agent AI systems, or heavy data pipelines.
• Have a strong background in FinOps and cost-optimization for high-throughput cloud environments.
• Have solid experience migrating legacy monolithic structures into highly decoupled, event-driven architectures.

Hiring Process Stages

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

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Profit sharing
• Meal allowance
• Health insurance
• Dental plan
• Life insurance
• Childcare subsidy and Atypical Parenthood subsidy
• Wellhub
• Home office allowance
• Employee assistance program (mental health, social, legal, and financial support)
• Extended parental leave
• Day off on birthday, Mother's Day, and Father's Day
• Benefits Club (discounts on everyday services)
• Discounts at educational institutions
• Reading kit for children – PlayKids

Diversity & Inclusion at Grupo QuintoAndar

We value diversity and want everyone to feel welcome here, regardless of their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnicity, origin, disability, religion, or any other characteristic. All our job openings are open to all individuals!

You’ll notice there are some diversity questions in the application form. For affirmative action roles, this information may be used to verify your alignment with the target audience for the opportunity. In such cases, it may be used for elimination purposes. For non-affirmative action roles, this data will be used anonymously, exclusively to monitor and improve our inclusion practices in the hiring process, and will have no impact on your application.

Privacy and Data Protection

The Grupo QuintoAndar operates in compliance with privacy and data protection laws, including, but not limited to, the Brazilian General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD) (Law No. 13,709/2018), and ensures the security of your data. To learn more, please access our Privacy Notice for Candidates. For questions or to exercise your rights as a data subject, please contact us through our Service Channel.