Engineering Director

Work & Co, part of Accenture Song, is seeking an Engineering Director to lead small, collaborative teams in creating world-class digital products and experiences. This role involves hands-on leadership in product development, proposing clean and functional design systems, developing robust, testable, and scalable technical solutions, writing, debugging, troubleshooting, and optimizing code for the best user experience, and mentoring junior developers. The director will interpret business requirements into architectural plans and decisions, focusing on both established best practices and emerging technologies.

Must Have

• Offer hands-on senior leadership in product development.
• Propose and advocate for clean and functional design systems.
• Develop robust, testable, and scalable technical solutions following best practices.
• Write, debug, troubleshoot, and optimize code for the best user experience.
• Guide and mentor other developers on the team.

Good to Have

• Experience or interest in native application development and/or React Native.

Perks & Benefits

• Medical Assistance – 100% company subsidized (holder and dependents)
• Dental Assistance
• Meal or Food Voucher without discount
• Life insurance
• Private Pension
• Welhub
• Option to purchase company shares at a discount
• Pharmacy Discount
• Daycare Assistance
• Partnership with language school
• Extended Maternity and Paternity Leave
• PPR

Job Description

Work & Co, part of Accenture Song, is a global design and technology company with offices in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. We are recognized for bringing together the industry's best talent in practical strategy, product, and technology, generating tangible impact at scale. Our clients include IKEA, Apple, PGA TOUR, Gatorade, Google, Mercedes, Givenchy, MTA, among others. As Fast Company highlighted, our engineering and design teams are often chosen to create digital products for companies that rarely turn to external partners. Forrester Research described our approach as “a model to follow.”

An Engineering Director at Work & Co leads small, highly collaborative teams to create world-class digital products and experiences that people use every day. They work side-by-side with designers, product managers, strategists, and QA engineers to conceive, prototype, and execute a wide variety of products. Join us as we help our clients redefine entire industries.

Work & Co's methodology emphasizes practical skills across all departments and levels. Technical Directors are natural problem solvers, with the ability to interpret clients' business requirements and transform them into architectural plans and decisions.

Engineering Directors provide senior leadership by structuring technological solutions for clients and delivering clean, well-documented code. They bring valuable knowledge and passion for both consolidated best practices and emerging technologies. Additionally, they play an active role in developing the talents of more junior engineering staff, ensuring that team members continue to grow and face new challenges.

Qualifications

What you will do daily:

• Offer hands-on senior leadership in product development work;
• Propose and advocate for clean and functional design systems;
• Develop robust, testable, and scalable technical solutions, following market best practices;
• Write, debug, troubleshoot, and optimize code with a focus on delivering the best user experience;
• Guide and mentor other developers on the team.

In addition, it is desirable:

• More than 8 years of experience in web development, including experience with agile methodologies;
• Solid proficiency in JavaScript, with projects using ES6/7, transpilation, and typing systems;
• Familiarity with one or more MV* frameworks (such as React, Angular, Vue, among others);
• Mastery of HTML and CSS, in addition to Responsive Design principles;
• Experience in implementing CSS pre/post-processors and/or CSS modules;
• Proven understanding of task runners, such as Gulp, Webpack, or Rollup;
• Experience using GIT as part of a development team;
• Experience or interest in native application development and/or React Native;