Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor backend software engineers, fostering technical excellence, ownership, and career growth.
- Partner with Product and Commercial teams to scope, plan, and prioritize backend and integration initiatives.
- Drive architectural decisions to ensure scalable, resilient backend systems and reliable integrations with enterprise software (SAP, TOTVS, Oracle, etc.).
- Ensure the team’s deliverables align with Tractian’s broader engineering strategy and contribute to business impact.
- Represent the team in cross-department initiatives, managing stakeholder communication and setting expectations.
- Optimize resource allocation, define priorities, and oversee project timelines to maximize efficiency and results.
- Promote a culture of high-quality engineering through code reviews, observability practices, and process improvements.
- Collaborate with other engineering leaders to set standards for backend development, integration patterns, and security practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Proven experience as a Software Engineering Manager or in a technical leadership role.
- Strong technical background in backend development, with expertise in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or Node.js).
- Hands-on experience with relational and non-relational databases (especially PostgreSQL and MongoDB).
- Knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
- Familiarity with enterprise integration patterns and security best practices.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to thrive under strict deadlines.
- Strong communication skills for managing stakeholders and cross-functional collaboration.
- Experience in high-SLA environments with mission-critical systems.
- Advanced/Fluent proficiency in English and Portuguese.
Bonus points
- Experience with ERP software integrations (SAP, TOTVS, Oracle) or other enterprise systems.
- Background in event streaming and data pipelines (Kafka, Airflow, Dagster, or Temporal).
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker).
- Previous experience in startups or high-growth environments.
- Advanced/Fluent proficiency in Spanish.
Top Skills
What We Do
Tractian is a machine intelligence company that offers industrial monitoring systems. Tractian builds streamlined hardware-software solutions to give maintenance technicians and industrial decision-makers comprehensive oversight of their operations. It is democratizing access to sophisticated real-time monitoring and asset operations tools.
Tractian's solutions are used in environments that address a combined total of 5% of global industrial output. The company’s broad market reach is evidenced in its customer base from various industries, such as John Deere, Procter & Gamble, Caterpillar, Goodyear, Carrier, Johnson Controls, and Bimbo, the owner of the brands Little Bites and Thomas Bagels. Tractian's customers see a 6-12x ROI with savings of $6,000 per monitored machine annually on average.
In a major milestone and a first for the industry, Tractian launched the AI-Assisted Maintenance category in the industrial sector. In this new paradigm, artificial intelligence identifies machine problems and suggests preventive actions to be taken, giving invaluable insight and support to maintenance professionals. It is important to highlight that the intent of Assisted Maintenance is firmly rooted in augmenting maintenance professionals to provide more assertive diagnosis with human-in-the-loop feedback.
Tractian's mission is to elevate this category of workers in a highly impactful way. The Assisted Maintenance category will provide unimaginable support for maintenance professionals. By combining shop floor expertise with our technology, maintainers will be able to anticipate and address issues with unprecedented accuracy and speed
