Tech Lead - Sr. Software Engineer - Python + React (521)

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Ubiminds is a GPTW-certified, people-first company that partners with American software product companies to scale their development footprint. Ubi custom-curates Brazilian top 5% talent for their LATAM strategy, offering a unique combo of staff augmentation and employer-of-record services.

The client you'll be working with has undergone a major transformation over the last five years! They shifted from a typical training company to a tech-focused competitor with top-notch content. In 2018, they switched to subscription-based digital learning using the All-Access Pass platform. In 2021, they acquired a key player with clients like Slack, Airbnb, Pinterest, and Intuit. Now, they're positioned to lead in edtech. Their Platforms team is looking for great talent with a growth mindset to join and help grow their product.

Challenge

As a Senior Software Engineer - Python + React, you will build products to help organizations train their employees and overcome their most pressing people-related problems at scale. You will work with product, design, data, and content teams to build a modern learning platform with an emphasis on performance and scalability.

What you'll do

Build

• You will ship regularly and iteratively, writing testable, readable, and maintainable code.
• Develop a deep understanding of how data flows through complex systems and work with intricate data models.
• Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve velocity while maintaining code quality.
• Design and implement solutions considering scale, security, performance, and privacy.

Tech Lead skills

• Guide other engineers on best practices for safely and effectively integrating AI into their development workflows.
• Help junior engineers develop the technical skills needed to become tomorrow’s senior engineers.
• Propose and help implement improvements to our engineering processes, including (but not limited to) how to adapt as AI continues to advance.
• Participate in and lead code reviews, share learnings through presentations or documentation, and mentor others.

Collaborate

• Engineers participate early in the product development process. You will review quantitative and qualitative research about our clients and learners and weigh in on the product strategy and roadmap.
• Collaborate with fellow Engineering Team Members in Design and Operational Reviews to guide technical decision-making and identify performance issues.
• Partner closely with Product to provide multiple viable technical paths for new features and improvements.
• Embrace our writing-focused culture: much of our collaboration, planning, and ideation happens in written form.

Support & Learn

• You will work with the product, design, and support teams to ensure users get the most value from the products you've built.
• Fix bugs and performance problems.
• Embrace our writing-focused culture: much of our collaboration, planning, and ideation happens in written form.
• Demonstrate curiosity and a willingness to learn unfamiliar technologies or domains.
• Participate in and lead code reviews, share learnings through presentations or documentation, and mentor others.

In order to succeed in this position, you will need

Mandatory skills

• 7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
• Experience coding in a production Python/Django environment
• Experience with React and TypeScript.
• Experience writing SQL queries and designing relational data models.
• Experience using agentic development workflows.

Nice-to-have

• Ability to articulate where AI workflows create leverage for a small team and where they create liability.
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.
• Experience with tiered web application architecture, including backend services, APIs, and frontend integration
• Experience creating performance monitors and dashboards using observability tools such as Datadog.
• Experience improving or refactoring complex systems in production without impacting customer experience—especially under conditions involving tight synchronization, legacy code, or data consistency challenges.
• Excellent written communication skills, as much of our work and collaboration is driven through writing.
• Passion for leadership development and empowering growth in individuals and teams

About Ubiminds

Cultural fit

• People First. We are all about people!
• Challenge yourself. There’s always room for improvement and continuous improvement is in our essence.
• Make it happen. Be ready to take challenges as they come. It’s all about attitude and commitment.
• We’re in this together. We work as a team, we thrive as a team and we evolve as a team.
• Averaging on awesome. We work hard to deliver high-quality services and look forward to exceeding expectations.
• Keep it real. We promise you honesty, transparency, and openness, regardless of the situation.

Perks and Benefits

As a Senior Software Engineer @Ubiminds, you

• Are placed in a product-based company, with the same treatment as their full-time employees;
• Have our full back-office support, from career guidance to HR and concierge services;
• Enjoy our remote-first policy - we are a distributed team, after all;
• Get your own MacBook (none of that "bring your own device" stuff here);
• Have access to growth opportunities with other amazing technology professionals, through tech talks, chapter meetings, and even remote happy hours for tons of fun!
• Improve your English through free lessons with a native English speaker - get to the next level of your communication skills!
• Candidate Referral bonus (promote Ubi to your tech friends, and get paid for it!);
• Miss working in the office? Our cool Florianópolis headquarters is available, whenever you want, with weekly quick massages & tasty snacks, soft drinks, and games.

• How our process works
• 1- Interview with Tech Recruiter (chat about the job opening and your experiences)
• 2- Client process (this may vary)
• 3- Offer (yay)