Lead Engineer
The Collinson Group3 months ago
São Paulo, BrazilStaff+
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, deploy, and maintain scalable, high-performance client-side and server-side software.
- Lead technical decision-making for a squad of approximately 5–7 engineers, including architecture, design patterns, code quality, security, and performance.
- Write and review code, design APIs, and develop user interfaces, services, and databases.
- Mentor and coach engineers while fostering continuous learning and technical excellence.
- Deploy and manage containerized applications on AWS using Terraform and Kubernetes.
- Champion automated testing, Test-Driven Development, and reliable deployment practices.
- Manage observability and system-health visibility using DataDog or similar tools.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, UX teams, and other engineers to turn product challenges into technical solutions.
Requirements
- Current experience as a Lead Engineer or Tech Lead leading a small team of software engineers.
- Extensive knowledge of TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, React, AWS, GraphQL, Kubernetes, Kafka, and Mongo.
- Experience building and operating robust, always-on APIs and underlying services and databases.
- Familiarity with AWS services including EKS, Lambda, and Aurora RDS.
- Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Jest and Pact.
- Experience deploying and running systems end-to-end using Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes, and containerized workloads.
- Substantial experience managing and configuring CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
- Experience with observability tools such as DataDog or similar.
- Comfort working with Git, Confluence, Jira, and modern engineering workflows.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers, reviewing designs, and guiding technical direction.
- Ability to solve product challenges pragmatically while maintaining engineering excellence.
Benefits
- Medical and dental care.
- Priority Pass membership.
- Childcare allowance for children up to 6 years old.
- Birthday day off.
- Work-from-anywhere flexibility for 8 weeks per year.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSDatadogGitGitHub ActionsGraphQLHelmJavaScriptJestKubernetesMongoDBNode.jsReactTerraformTypeScript
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About The Collinson Group
Collinson Group builds travel experience and customer loyalty products for airlines, payment networks, and financial services brands, and sells travel insurance and assistance direct and via partners. Its portfolio includes Priority Pass and LoungeKey airport lounge access, plus loyalty strategy and rewards platforms used worldwide. Privately held and headquartered in London, the company was founded in 1985 and operates across the travel and financial services sectors.