Cheesecake Labs is a software design and development company that delivers digital products that drive business impact. 

Today, with 10 years of experience connected to Silicon Valey, Cheesecake Labs has delivered 300+ digital products for a diverse range of clients, from Fortune 500 to fast-growing startups, that have the challenge of innovating in the world’s most competitive markets. 

Among our clients, we have leading brands such as AB InBev, Singularity University, FINN and Tapcart.

Our commitment to high-quality services has earned us recognition as the Top 1 Mobile Development company in Latin America and among the top 10 globally for Mobile App and Custom Software Development by Clutch and a GPTW-certified company for 6 years in a row.

We’re growing fast and need Software Architects who are enthusiastic, talented, and able to design and build digital products with exceptional client delivery.

If you are a “problem solver” and someone who likes to collaborate with clients to explore needs and discuss product development approaches, let's talk about how you can help a client bring their product plans to life. This role is key to the pre-sales process and requires a cross-functional understanding from product to design and development.  

If you're passionate about technology and building great products, we want you to join us!

Some activities you would do on a typical day at Cheesecake Labs

• Work side-by-side in partnership with our sales team engaging with qualified potential clients in the presales process
• Operate in a consultancy/advisory role to provide technical expertise, discuss approaches, solutions and the Cheesecake Labs process with guidance on product definition
• Participate in sales calls with potential clients to extract technical and functional requirements, or to advise where clients are not sure
• Document and provide high-level technical specifications, including a detailed scope of work and solution description, together with project plan and estimates to support the sales process
• Support the salesperson in creating proposals with technical inputs that represent the best value proposition for the potential client
• Support the salesperson in presenting the proposal during the stages of our pre-sales process
• Serve as the conduit between the sales and delivery process to help with the team onboarding and kick-off to ensure warm transfer and continuity
• As part of the business team, offer technical support and collaborate with the account managers to guarantee exceptional customer experience
• Continually research current and emerging technologies, trends, and best practices to expand your mind, understanding, and toolset
• Interact interdepartmentally and cross-functionally, including product managers, engineers, and designers in order to craft the best solution during the pre-sales process
• Work cooperatively and handle multiple projects with the flexibility to change focus quickly. Your process must be innovative just like the products we create

In order to succeed, you'll likely need the following skills

• +5 years of experience with software engineering and design architecture
• Project and product management skills
• Working knowledge of Kanban and product development processes
• Deep analytical skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and writing skills (English & Portuguese); Heavy interaction with US-based clients
• Proactive communication and collaboration skills
• Influence and negotiation skills
• Experience with agile best practices and teams
• Ability to support multiple products and projects
• Detail oriented
• Applicants must have a Brazilian bank account, be legally allowed to provide services to a Brazilian entity, and willingness to receive in Brazilian local currency (Real R$)

Perks and Benefits 

• + monthly dollar bonus up to $ 2.500,00
• + iPhone or gadgets after the 3 months of experience (only for senior positions)
• + R$ 1.390,00/month on Beneflex card (home office supplies, mobility, meal allowance, culture, health, education)
• MacBook setup to work
• GPTW company for 8 years in a row
• Remote-first policy: work from home, from a coffee shop, or in the office – anywhere you feel good about, your call! #beofficeless
• Flexible working hours
• Referral candidate bonus (R$1.000,00)
• Stock Options (senior and leaders position)
• National health & dental care (not deducted from the employee’s paycheck)
• Free English Classes (remote)
• Educaker = budget for personal and professional development purposes
• Extended Parental Leave including maternity leave, paternity leave, and adoption leave.
• Miss the working in the office? Our cool Florianópolis office is available for those who feel comfortable, whenever they want. Pet-friendly office. 

IMPORTANT TIP -> The communication during the selection process is done by email. We suggest that you keep an eye on your email inboxes and set the permission to receive messages from @cheesecakelabs.hire.trakstar.com so our messages will not be directed to the spam box ;)

We are an equal opportunity employer and embrace, support, and value diversity at our company for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, or disability status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at careers@cheesecakelabs.com.

The collected personal data will be used only to manage and control candidate resumes in order to assess the necessary requirements such as the contact information, and also to conduct this selection process. 

The collected data will not be shared with others (“third parties”) without your authorization, and their use will be restricted to Cheesecake Labs' internal staff, and also to the service providers that process your data for the selection process. At any time, you can contact us and we will remove your data from our data collection system. In order to do that, just simply send an email to careers@cheesecakelabs.com.