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WhatsApp - Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) - Product Generalist

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São PauloFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Software engineering leadership role at WhatsApp Services in Brazil, driving end-to-end product features, architecture, and cross-functional collaboration to build payments-enabled, mobile-first experiences in Brazil.

Responsibilities

  • Build end-to-end product features across client and server, from product definition through rollout and launch.
  • Develop reusable software components and APIs for interfacing with back-end platforms, including payments and third-party service integrations.
  • Work across a variety of coding languages and technologies, moving to wherever the problem is rather than staying inside one layer of the stack.
  • Identify and solve the hardest technical problems across the pillar, including finding where new technology can address previously intractable problems.
  • Set technical direction across multiple teams and own the architecture for a major area of the product.
  • Lead initiatives of org-wide scope, resolving ambiguity in both product definition and technical approach.
  • Drive engineering standards, quality and craft across the pillar, and make teams and systems work better to increase their impact.
  • Mentor senior engineers, influence cross-functional partners in product, design and data science, and act as a credible co-owner of product outcomes.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in product management, design, data science and operations to build innovative application experiences.
  • Partner with payments, legal, compliance and local operations partners to ship services that meet the reliability and regulatory bar expected in Brazil.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD
  • Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
  • Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
  • Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
  • Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission
  • Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations

Skills

Required:End-to-end feature deliveryAPI design and integrationCross-functional leadershipArchitecture ownership
Nice to have:Payments domain familiarityRegulatory/compliance awareness
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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