Software Engineer II - Brazil

• Paid holidays and flexible, take-it-as-you-need-it scheduled time off
• A culture built on innovation that values big ideas, no matter where they come from
• A MacBook set up and ready from day one, plus a $500 stipend to design your ideal workspace
• Equity in a rapidly growing startup backed by top-tier VCs

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Role Overview

As a Software Engineer II, you bring growing technical depth, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to take ownership of features and components across the product. You focus on building scalable, reliable systems, writing well-structured code, and contributing to solutions that deliver real customer value. In this role, you will work independently on projects, collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, and help refine technical direction within your team.

You will elevate team effectiveness by sharing knowledge, contributing to design and code reviews, and supporting the development of more junior engineers. Our team is passionate, empathetic, and committed to improving the lives of our service professionals, our Pros. Your impact will help strengthen our product, enhance user experiences, and support the long-term success of the people we serve.

What you do each day:

• Build a product that improves users’ lives (75k unique daily users, 4.6 ⭐at App Store) 👉 Learn more about the HCP product
• Design, build, and maintain reliable, performant, and maintainable software systems that deliver real value to users
• Take ownership of features or components from design through deployment, ensuring quality, scalability, and resilience
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to translate product goals into technical solutions
• Participate actively in architectural discussions, code reviews, and design sessions, contributing constructive feedback and new ideas
• Troubleshoot complex issues across the stack, identifying root causes and implementing robust fixes
• Help shape technical standards and best practices that promote consistency, maintainability, and performance
• Continuously grow your technical expertise and mentor more junior engineers through collaboration and example
• Explore and apply emerging technologies, including AI, to improve developer productivity, system quality, and product innovation

Qualifications:

• 2-5 years of professional software engineering experience
• Solid understanding of software design principles, system architecture, and modern development practices
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages, with a willingness to learn new ones as needed
• Experience building and maintaining production systems or applications, including debugging and performance optimization
• This position requires fluency in English

What will help you succeed in this role

• Experience with Ruby / Rails, event-driven architectures, MySQL at scale, or previous work on an internal platform or infrastructure team
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to improve workflows, streamline execution, or enhance outputs
• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability
• Product-oriented thinking, motivated by building solutions that serve real customer needs
• Curiosity about emerging technologies and enthusiasm for learning (including a willingness to master Ruby)
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across disciplines and teams
• Exceptional breadth of interest shown through tangible, self-initiated ventures or deep community involvement; you love trying new things and may possess a demonstrated history of successfully pivoting or starting over in life and work

How we work

📌 Our primary technology stack at HCP is Ruby. To be effective in this role, you’ll need to learn it. We offer support in the learning process, tailored to your needs and any prior experience with Ruby. This may include mentoring from our experienced engineering team or access to a paid online course that you can complete during working hours as part of your onboarding. The exact form of support will be agreed upon based on insights from your selection process.

✨ Let’s talk numbers! ✨

Our compensation range for this role begins at $4800 USD per month 💵

This role is open to candidates in *Brazil**. The specific salary for the successful candidate will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience. *