Grupo | Tech Lead Manager

About QuintoAndar Group

We are Grupo QuintoAndar, the largest real estate ecosystem in Latin America. Guided by a shared purpose of helping people love the place they live, we have a diverse portfolio of brands and solutions across different countries in Latin America, as well as a Tech Hub in Portugal. We develop technology and innovation to transform and boost the housing experience.

With the support of a world-class team of investors and advisors, including Kaszek, Qualcomm, General Atlantic, and SoftBank, the QuintoAndar Group is currently valued at over US$5.1 billion and continues to grow year after year.

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

Lisbon Tech Hub

In 2022, QuintoAndar proudly opened its first European tech hub in Lisbon, marking a significant milestone in our global expansion.

Our Lisbon tech hub is home to a team of experienced engineers, designers, product managers, and data scientists. You'll collaborate closely with teams primarily based in Brazil, contributing to our innovative projects on a global scale.

Location & Remote Work for technology and remote-first roles

At QuintoAndar, we embrace a remote-first philosophy, allowing you to work from anywhere in Portugal. However, for those who prefer in-person collaboration, we offer a vibrant office in Lisbon's historic center.

Language

This job description is written in English because it will be necessary for communication with coworkers and suppliers from around the world, as well as for tools and internal materials.

Stages of the hiring Process

The stages of our hiring process aim to assess your experiences and provide you with an opportunity to meet our teams and career opportunities, and are structured in the following steps:

• Application
• People Interview
• Tech Screening - Architecture
• Technical Interviews (code, architecture, and leadership)
• Offer

Our tech stacks:

• Backend: Java, Kotlin, and Python are our main stacks.
• Apps: Flutter.
• PWAs: React ).
• Cloud, infrastructure, and monitoring: AWS, Kubernetes, ELK, Prometheus, Sentry.
• Databases: PostgreSQL, Mysql, MongoDB.

About the role:

Conversational AI Platform & CX Chatbot teams:

We're looking for talented engineer leaders to join our Conversational Platform & CX Chatbot teams These teams focus on developing a new conversational, Gen AI-based, platform to support different customer-facing chatbots, and also, to develop a new Customer Support Chatbot, using top-notch technologies, by harnessing LLMs (Large Language Models) with a multi-agent architecture.

We are looking for candidates with:

• Interest in LLM-based multi-agent systems and frameworks (e.g, Langgraph, CrewAi).
• Experience in developing chatbot platforms and conversational AI solutions.
• A passion for creating user-focused, intelligent, and efficient customer interaction tools.

If you're excited about advancing generative AI and creating cutting-edge chatbot systems, we'd love to have you as part of our mission-driven team

Technical Lead Manager (TLM) at QuintoAndar:

At QuintoAndar, the Technical Lead Manager (TLM) role is designed for Senior+ Software Engineers who aspire to balance technical leadership with people management. TLMs play a critical role in defining technical strategies, driving high-quality implementation, and supporting their team members' growth and priorities. The position requires a robust technical background paired with a genuine passion for mentoring and managing people.

Unlike traditional management roles, TLMs typically oversee a smaller number of direct reports and have a more focused scope of management. However, they remain integral to the technical career path, offering opportunities to advance toward Staff+ engineering roles or transition into broader management responsibilities with a larger team and expanded leadership duties.

This role is ideal for candidates who excel in both hands-on technical work and guiding teams to achieve peak performance.

Responsibilities as TLM:

• Lead the technical implementation of projects, solving complex challenges, and delivering scalable, maintainable, and efficient solutions.
• Grow, coach, and manage a team of 2–5 software engineers, supporting their career development and performance.
• Define and uphold an excellent engineering culture while guiding the design and execution of technical solutions.
• Collaborate across teams to drive alignment, balance trade-offs, and ensure timely project delivery

Additional Expectations:

• Act as a technical reference and leader for your team.
• Contribute directly to code, code review, and architecture discussion, addressing key technical challenges.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Data teams to define and execute a winning strategy.
• Recruit and develop exceptional talent, fostering a culture of growth and excellence.

Requirements:

• Programming & Databases: Fluency in at least one programming language (e.g., Java, Kotlin) and experience with databases or search engines
• Scalable Systems: Proven ability to design, build, and maintain large, scalable systems/apps, including distributed systems and RESTful APIs.
• Best Practices: Deep understanding of software maintainability, team productivity, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience: 5+ years in software development, delivering solutions to complex problems.
• Languages: Professional fluency in English (Portuguese is a plus).

You'll Stand Out If You Have:

• Expertise in NLP, LLMs, multi-agent applications, and agentic frameworks (Langgraph, CrewAI)
• Hands-on experience with AWS, containerization, and maintaining high-availability services.
• A history of leading cross-team collaborations, mentoring engineers, and managing complex projects.
• A proven record of building successful products or platforms for large-scale, distributed systems.
• Strong communication and people management skills, with a passion for inspiring high-performing teams

Important:

• Our hiring process starts with the application If you genuinely want to be part of our team, please complete this step of the process. We analyze all candidates individually and provide feedback to all applicants.
• All communication will be conducted via email, so please stay tuned for our messages and release the domain to ensure our emails are not sent to spam.

Benefits

• Meal allowance
• Health insurance (Multicare), with/ co-pay (in Portugal)
• Work from home allowance
• Transportation
• 25 vacation days per year
• Labor accident insurance
• Life insurance
• Child care allowance (children up to 5 years old): 100,00 EUR/month
• Parental leave
• 10 consecutive extra days of paid recess at the end of the year, not discounted from vacation

Diversity & Inclusion at QuintoAndar Group

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. They will have no impact on your application.

Privacy and Data Protection

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