Tech Lead
What you need
- 7+ yrs of experience in software engineering
- Professional experience with Java or Go
- Strong backend experience with microservices and APIs
- Experience designing solution architectures
- Experience coordinating technology teams
What you'll do
- Own the quality of the team's code and architecture
- Design solution architectures and explain low-level details
- Make critical technical decisions shaping product direction
- Keep AI as a core component of the design
- Coordinate a team of 5 engineers in Brazil and Argentina
About Kavak
As the first Mexican unicorn, with a presence in several countries and an AI-first business model, Kavak is redefining the used car market and the experience of millions of users in LatAm. We have been one of the most highly valued companies in the region and recently closed a USD $300M investment round led by Andreessen Horowitz, one of the largest investments they have made in Latin America. With this growth, we are excited to add people who will help us build the next chapter of our product and take our efforts to build with artificial intelligence to the next level.
We build with AI across our core operation: from conversational commerce, to generative marketing, to systems that extract insights from millions of interactions. We are a team that imagines the impossible, builds it, and lives disruption, proactivity, and ambition in a hypergrowth context.
About the role
As Tech Lead in our new development team in Brazil, you will build the technology that powers Kavak’s processes in the country. The Purchasing platform is already live and you will keep it running, develop the Sales platform, and make sure everything reaches production. You will also start Car Journey from scratch, with a focus on the customer lifecycle.
You will lead a team of 5 engineers across Brazil and Argentina, report to the Senior Engineering Manager, and stay hands-on. You will help develop/customize core services, create localized tools and bring our AI harness from Mexico to Brazil and build specialized agents that fulfill what each customer wants to do (buy, sell, get a loan, renegotiate), with a personalized agent for every customer.
Responsibilities
Technical leadership and architecture
Team leadership
Product and business impact
Requirements
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Key qualities
Kavak Talent Mindsets
Benefits in Brazil
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About Kavak
When you buy a new car, it loses 30% of its value when removed from the dealership. At KAVAK, we want to give you the option of buying a pre-owned car in excellent conditions, without your money losing value. We make sure that the process of buying a preowned car is transparent and simple. Therefore, all our cars go through an inspection of 240 points and are certified before being published. We take care of all the paperwork and help you get the best financing and insurance for your new car. In addition, our cars come with a 3-month warranty and the option to return it within 7 days.
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