Head of Software Engineering
Neon Pagamentos · Remoto
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Jul 23, 2026
Remoto
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A leadership role heading software engineering teams across core banking, credit card lifecycle, and collections platforms at a Brazilian fintech. The position combines people management — including one-on-ones, development plans, and continuous feedback — with hands-on technical involvement in distributed system architecture, incident troubleshooting, and roadmap delivery. Strong backend and AWS cloud experience is expected, alongside familiarity with engineering metrics such as DORA.
Principal level · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,700 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 1,150–4,000
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This is a Head of Software Engineering role at Neon, a Brazilian fintech. The role is based in Brazil (remote across Brazil, with quarterly in-person meetings in São Paulo) — not a US role.
The compensation is listed as 'R$0 - R$0 a month', which appears to be a placeholder; no real salary range was disclosed.
The title 'Head of Software Engineering' carries no explicit seniority level word, so the title states no level. However, the scope — leading multiple engineering teams across Core Banking, Cards, and Collections, with org-wide architectural authority and direct stakeholder alignment — supports a Principal-level classification.
The role is a genuine people-management position (1:1s, PDIs, team development, roadmap ownership) mapped to 11-3021, but it also demands strong hands-on technical involvement (system design, architecture decisions, incident troubleshooting), making 15-1252 a reasonable runner-up.
Backend ecosystem (.NET, Kotlin, or Go) is listed as required with explicit 'or equivalent' framing; .NET is used as the primary name with Kotlin and Go as alternatives.
Observability tools (Datadog, New Relic, etc.) appear under a 'familiarity with' framing in the requirements section — treated as preferred given the softer language.
FinOps and cloud cost optimization, fintech/Core Banking domain experience, and Cards/Collections knowledge are listed under 'Será muito legal se você tiver' (Nice to have) — all marked preferred.
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