Job Description
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Architecture Manager based in Brazil.
This is a senior technical leadership opportunity combining architecture, engineering excellence, client advisory, and business growth.
You will shape technical strategy across complex, mission-critical client engagements and influence architecture decisions at scale.
The role partners closely with engineering leadership and requires strong executive presence with international clients.
You will mentor senior engineers and architects while establishing standards and practices that improve consistency across multiple teams.
You will also contribute directly to discovery, technical proposals, pre-sales, and account expansion initiatives.
The environment values autonomy, continuous innovation, AI-augmented development, and pragmatic technical decision-making.
Success will come from balancing deep technical expertise with commercial awareness, client trust, and a strong focus on measurable outcomes.
Accountabilities:
- Design and drive technical solutions for complex, mission-critical challenges across multiple client engagements.
- Define scalable architecture patterns, technical standards, engineering practices, and governance approaches across projects and squads.
- Act as a primary technical escalation point and trusted advisor, translating business challenges and objectives into effective technical strategies.
- Lead architecture decisions while ensuring solutions meet requirements for scalability, security, reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
- Establish and maintain architectural consistency across multiple squads, engagements, and client environments.
- Mentor senior engineers and architects, supporting their technical development, performance, and career progression.
- Champion AI and Agentic SDLC/DDLC practices, encouraging AI-augmented development and delivery approaches across teams and engagements.
- Lead technical discovery sessions, requirements gathering, solution definition, and architecture discussions with prospective and existing clients.
- Develop and present technical proposals that address client needs, demonstrate differentiated value, and support competitive positioning.
- Contribute to statements of work, scope definition, estimates, and technical delivery plans.
- Identify account expansion opportunities and help build compelling technical and business cases for additional services.
- Partner with engineering leadership to cultivate and strengthen client relationships and expand strategic accounts.
- Define relevant technical KPIs, monitor solution health, identify risks, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Manage technical risks proactively and escalate critical issues appropriately to stakeholders.
- Champion Agile delivery practices, secure engineering standards, and high-quality technical execution.
- Ensure architecture and delivery practices remain aligned with organizational technical guidelines, governance frameworks, and strategic priorities.
- Contribute to organizational growth by sharing knowledge, establishing reusable practices, and developing technical leadership within the wider engineering community.
Requirements
- Several years of experience within the organization, with a consistent track record of high-performance delivery across one or more client engagements.
- Current experience at Architecture Manager level or experience as a Systems Architect with demonstrated readiness to assume broader architectural leadership responsibilities.
- Proven ability to work autonomously, take ownership of outcomes, and drive complex initiatives with minimal oversight.
- Strong client-facing experience, including the ability to build trust and communicate effectively with senior and executive stakeholders.
- Strong engineering foundation with expertise in systems design, architectural thinking, technical problem-solving, and solution development.
- Advanced English proficiency, with the ability to communicate effectively with international clients in both day-to-day interactions and complex technical discussions.
- Experience working with international or multinational clients and distributed teams.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to bridge technical and business perspectives.
- Proactive and self-directed mindset, with a willingness to identify opportunities, take initiative, and contribute to business growth.
- Experience with cloud platforms, data modernization, data engineering, or modern data architectures is desirable.
- Familiarity with technologies and platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, or cloud-based data architectures is a plus.
- Experience in regulated industries such as fintech, mortgage, healthcare, or insurance is advantageous.
- Previous involvement in pre-sales, technical proposal development, solution presentations, or client discovery is highly desirable.
- Experience contributing to statements of work, scope documentation, and commercial solution definition is a plus.
- Ability to facilitate alignment between technical and business stakeholders across different organizational levels.
Benefits
- Health and dental insurance.
- Meal and food allowance.
- Childcare assistance.
- Extended parental leave.
- Partnerships with gyms and health and wellness professionals through Wellhub and TotalPass.
- Profit Sharing and Results Participation (PLR).
- Life insurance.
- Continuous learning through a dedicated learning platform.
- Corporate discount club.
- Free online platform focused on physical health, mental health, and overall well-being.
- Pregnancy and responsible parenting course.
- Partnerships with online learning platforms.
- Language learning platform.
- Additional benefits and professional development opportunities.
How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
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