We are looking for Engineering Leads for Development and Quality Assurance areas, to join one our implementation team in Montevideo.

The Engineering Lead will lead a team of Engineers at Montevideo office that share similar skills and work within the same competency area. He/she will be the technical referent for a group of engineers (developers or quality engineers), is responsible for nurturing and reinforcing best technical practices, focusing on technical matters that affect more than one individual and across teams.

• First and foremost, be the go-to technical referent for a group of software or quality engineers; ·
• Grow the technical expertise of your team through coaching and mentoring,
• Facilitate technical trainings and meetings
• Sponsor innovation in solving problems: help develop a team spirit and desire to experiment and try new things and unconventional solutions
• Participate in web and backend engineering technology architecture discussions for product development
• Advocate for development or quality assurance best practices across all engineering practices
• Keep current with the technology field developments. Ability to understand if engineers are using the tools at their disposal in an efficient manner. Be capable of detecting resource/tools gaps and propose high level solutions to the problem;
• Work closely with scrum teams, product owners, scrum masters and stakeholders to ensure we deliver the best products to our users

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
• 2-3 years of software engineering leadership experience, ideally with demonstrated experience in cloud-based solutions
• At least 1 year experience working with scalable multi-tiered web facing applications
• You are knowledgeable about development/quality assurance technologies
• Ability to travel to the United States for short term
• Practical, architectural-level abilities in order to help him/her be a coach to the Software/Quality Engineers
• Experience in SDLC processes and Agile development methodologies, SCRUM experience preferred
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to work and thrive in a fast paced, collaborative and iterative environment
• Strong decision-making skills
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Ability to organize and prioritize effectively
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Spanish
• Knowledge of SaaS technologies
• 2+ years’ experience leading software or quality engineers

As an Engineering Lead you are responsible for fostering a work environment that motivates and engages the individual team members. The Engineering lead will also provide important feedback to the Engineering Management team.