How to Apply to Even

Key Takeaways

Even Construtora (B3: EVEN3) is a Sao Paulo-headquartered Brazilian residential and commercial real estate developer and builder, founded 1974, IPO 2007, with roughly 1,500 corporate and engineering employees plus subcontracted site labor.
Hiring is concentrated in the Sao Paulo metro area (~70%+) with selective Rio de Janeiro presence; candidates outside this axis should expect to relocate.
The Gupy ATS at vagas.even.com.br is the only legitimate application path; complete the structured profile fully and apply in Portuguese.
Engineering roles require active CREA registration; architecture roles require CAU. Missing registration is a hard filter.
The Open subsidiary operates in MCMV low-income housing and recruits against a different profile than the premium residential core.
Brazilian real estate is Selic-sensitive and cyclical; headcount plans rise and fall with the rate cycle and macro conditions.
Interview culture is direct, Portuguese-first, and rewards concrete obra-level and budget-level evidence over generic leadership narratives.
Compensation is structured under the CLT regime with standard Brazilian benefits (VR, VA, plano de saude) plus PLR or bonus for eligible roles.

About Even

Even Construtora e Incorporadora S.A. (B3: EVEN3) is a Brazilian residential and commercial real estate developer and construction company headquartered in Sao Paulo. Founded in 1974 by Brazilian engineer Carlos Eduardo Terepins, Even grew from a family-controlled developer into a publicly listed company through its 2007 IPO on B3 (then Bovespa) at the peak of the Brazilian real estate boom. The Terepins family historically anchored governance, and the company's identity remains tied to that engineering-led, Sao Paulo-centric heritage. Recent leadership has included Leandro Melnick as CEO, though investor relations disclosures should be checked for current officers before any cover letter or networking outreach. Even employs roughly 1,500 corporate and engineering staff directly, supplemented by a much larger floating workforce of subcontracted construction workers (subempreitada) on active job sites. The business is organized around four interlocking segments. Premium and mid-market residential development is the historical core: mid-to-high-end apartment buildings concentrated in the Sao Paulo metropolitan area, with selective projects in Rio de Janeiro and occasional incursions into Brasilia. Commercial and office development plays a smaller role. Land acquisition and master planning sit upstream of both. The Open subsidiary, oriented toward low-income housing under the federal Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) program, is a more recent strategic move that exposes Even to a different customer, financing model, and regulatory rhythm than the premium core. Geographic concentration matters when you read the org chart. Roughly 70% or more of activity sits inside the Sao Paulo metro footprint, which means most corporate, engineering, commercial, and finance roles are based at the Sao Paulo headquarters in the Avenida Paulista or Vila Olimpia corridor, with site-based engineering and construction roles distributed across active obras (project sites). Rio de Janeiro hiring is selective and tied to specific launches. Candidates outside the Sao Paulo and Rio axis should expect to relocate or accept a commute. The macro backdrop is cyclical and rate-sensitive. Brazilian real estate moves with the Selic policy rate, which sat in the 13 to 15% range in 2023 and 2024 and weighed on mortgage demand before the easing cycle began. Premium Sao Paulo demand from cash buyers proved more resilient than mortgage-dependent segments. MCMV remains a major federal demand lever for the Open subsidiary, which means Open hiring tracks federal program eligibility rules and subsidy budgets rather than purely market signals. EVEN3 stock has been recovering from the 2022-2023 trough alongside the broader sector, but candidates should treat headcount plans as cycle-dependent rather than guaranteed. Even competes with Cyrela, Eztec, Helbor, Trisul, Lavvi, Mitre, and Plano and Plano in the premium Sao Paulo lane and indirectly with MRV, Cury, Direcional, and Tenda in the MCMV lane through Open.

Application Process

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Open the Even careers portal at vagas
Open the Even careers portal at vagas.even.com.br, which is hosted on Gupy, the Brazilian ATS used across most of the developer's hiring. Filter by area (Engenharia, Obras, Comercial, Corporativo) and by location (Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, or specific obra).
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Create a Gupy candidate profile
Create a Gupy candidate profile. Gupy profiles are reusable across Brazilian employers, so invest in completing the structured fields (formacao, experiencia, idiomas, certificacoes) rather than relying on the resume upload alone.
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Upload a Portuguese-language curriculo as a clean PDF
Upload a Portuguese-language curriculo as a clean PDF. English resumes are acceptable for IR, finance, and senior corporate roles but not for site engineering, commercial, or operations positions where Portuguese is the working language.
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Complete the Gupy triagem questionnaire honestly
Complete the Gupy triagem questionnaire honestly. Gupy uses these structured answers, including salary expectation (pretensao salarial in CLT gross monthly format), CLT versus PJ preference, CREA or CAU registration status, and disponibilidade para mudanca, to rank candidates before a recruiter ever reads the resume.
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Expect an automated culture-fit or behavioral assessment inside Gupy for many ro
Expect an automated culture-fit or behavioral assessment inside Gupy for many roles. These are not optional. Answer consistently with how you would actually work, not how you think Even wants you to answer.
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If shortlisted, a recruiter from Gente e Gestao (Even's HR function) will schedu
If shortlisted, a recruiter from Gente e Gestao (Even's HR function) will schedule an initial triagem call by phone or Teams, typically 30 minutes covering background, motivation, salary, and notice period (aviso previo).
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Technical interviews follow with the hiring manager and one or two peers
Technical interviews follow with the hiring manager and one or two peers. For engineering roles, expect questions on specific obra experience, NBR norms, orcamento and planejamento tools (MS Project, Sienge, RM), and safety (NR-18).
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Final-round conversations may include a diretor or, for senior roles, a board-ad
Final-round conversations may include a diretor or, for senior roles, a board-adjacent leader. Premium-segment commercial roles often add a role-play or pitch component.
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Offers are issued under the CLT (Carteira de Trabalho) regime for employees and
Offers are issued under the CLT (Carteira de Trabalho) regime for employees and under PJ contracts for some specialist or interim roles. Expect a structured proposal covering salario, beneficios (VR, VA, plano de saude, plano odontologico), bonus or PLR target, and any role-specific allowances.
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Onboarding (integracao) includes mandatory safety training, ethics and complianc
Onboarding (integracao) includes mandatory safety training, ethics and compliance modules, and obra-specific induction for site-based roles. Probation (contrato de experiencia) typically runs 45 plus 45 days under CLT.

Resume Tips for Even

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Lead with your CREA (engineers) or CAU (architects) registration number and stat

Lead with your CREA (engineers) or CAU (architects) registration number and status. Brazilian construction employers screen on regulatory registration first; missing or expired numbers eliminate candidates before the resume is read.

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Quantify obra experience in concrete units: VGV (valor geral de vendas) of proje

Quantify obra experience in concrete units: VGV (valor geral de vendas) of projects delivered, square meters built, number of towers or units, and budget responsibility in BRL. Vague descriptions like 'managed construction projects' fail Gupy's structured screening.

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Name the systems you have used

Name the systems you have used. Sienge, RM, SAP, MS Project, Primavera, AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks, and BIM 360 should appear explicitly when applicable. Even runs on a mix of these and the recruiter is searching by tool name.

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Distinguish incorporacao from construcao experience

Distinguish incorporacao from construcao experience. Even is both a developer (incorporadora) and builder (construtora), and these are different career tracks. Be explicit about which side of the table you sat on.

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Highlight any MCMV or low-income housing experience for Open subsidiary roles

Highlight any MCMV or low-income housing experience for Open subsidiary roles. The financing, customer profile, regulatory regime, and unit economics differ enough from premium that experience is not freely transferable.

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Include NR (Norma Regulamentadora) certifications relevant to site work, especia

Include NR (Norma Regulamentadora) certifications relevant to site work, especially NR-18 (construcao civil), NR-35 (trabalho em altura), and NR-10 (eletricidade) where applicable. List the issuing institution and validity date.

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List languages with honest CEFR levels

List languages with honest CEFR levels. Portuguese fluent or native is assumed. English is genuinely useful for IR, treasury, and corporate roles. Spanish is a small plus. Do not inflate intermediate to advanced; interviews will catch it.

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Show stability and progression

Show stability and progression. Brazilian construction values long tenures with clear promotion paths (Engenheiro Junior to Pleno to Senior to Coordenador to Gerente). A pattern of 18-month hops without progression is a flag in this sector.

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Keep the resume to two pages, A4, in Portuguese, no photo unless the role specif

Keep the resume to two pages, A4, in Portuguese, no photo unless the role specifically requests one (most do not). Use a clean serif or modern sans-serif and avoid graphical templates that break Gupy parsing.

ATS System: Gupy

Even Construtora uses Gupy, a Brazilian-built applicant tracking system that dominates the Brazilian corporate hiring market. Gupy combines structured candidate profiles, AI-assisted ranking, and integrated assessments. Unlike US ATSes that primarily parse uploaded resumes, Gupy weights the structured profile fields heavily, so candidates who only upload a PDF without filling the profile rank lower than those who complete both.

Complete every section of the Gupy structured profile. Recruiters filter and rank candidates using these fields before reading any resume.
Use Portuguese in the profile and resume unless the listing explicitly calls for English. Gupy's keyword matching is Portuguese-first for Brazilian employers.
Answer the pretensao salarial question with a realistic CLT gross monthly figure. Leaving it blank or setting an outlier value frequently causes auto-rejection.
Submit any required behavioral or technical assessments promptly. Gupy timeouts move candidates to the bottom of the queue.
Reuse a single well-maintained Gupy profile across applications. Gupy is shared across thousands of Brazilian employers, and a strong profile compounds.
Upload the resume as a text-based PDF, not a scanned image. Gupy parses text; image PDFs lose all keyword matching.
Match the listing's vocabulary literally where you can do so honestly. If the role says 'Engenheiro Civil Pleno - Obra Vertical,' those exact tokens should appear in your profile and resume.
Track your Gupy application status. Gupy provides candidates with stage visibility, which is the most reliable signal of whether you are progressing.

Interview Culture

Even's interview culture reflects its Brazilian, engineering-led, family-origin DNA.

Conversations are direct and substantive, but courteous. Expect Portuguese as the default working language for nearly every role, with English appearing only in IR, treasury, and a handful of corporate functions that interface with foreign investors. The triagem call from Gente e Gestao establishes basic alignment on motivation, location, salary, and notice period; do not treat it as a formality, because recruiter notes carry weight into the technical rounds. Technical interviews for engineering and obra roles are concrete. Hiring managers ask about specific projects, specific budget overruns and how you handled them, specific safety incidents and the corrective actions, and specific subcontractor management decisions. Generic answers about 'leadership' or 'best practices' read as evasive in this sector. Candidates who can sketch a planejamento, walk through a curva S, explain a desvio orcamentario, or discuss a real NR-18 incident win. Cultural fit conversations probe for the qualities Brazilian construction values: humility, hands-on willingness to be on site in mud and rain, respect for the subcontracted workforce, and durability through long projects and economic cycles. A polished US-style 'tell me about your greatest achievement' answer often falls flat; a story about a difficult obra delivered on time despite supplier failures resonates. Senior commercial and corporate rounds may include a diretor and assess judgment around the Brazilian real estate cycle, Selic sensitivity, and the trade-offs between premium and MCMV strategies. Candidates should be ready to discuss EVEN3's recent results in broad terms and to articulate why Even, specifically, rather than Cyrela, Eztec, or Helbor.

What Even Looks For

Civil engineering or architecture credentials with active CREA or CAU registration for technical roles, or equivalent depth in finance, legal, commercial, or marketing for corporate functions.
Demonstrated obra experience with verifiable VGV, square meters, and budget figures for engineering and construction candidates.
Portuguese fluency at native or near-native level for almost all roles, with English as a differentiator for IR, treasury, and senior corporate positions.
Familiarity with Brazilian construction norms (NBR), labor regulations (CLT, NR series), and tax and registry frameworks (RGI, ITBI, habite-se).
Comfort with the cyclicality of Brazilian real estate and the Selic-driven demand swings, particularly for commercial, finance, and strategy roles.
Experience with the relevant ATS-equivalent business systems: Sienge, RM, SAP, MS Project for engineering and construction; SAP and TOTVS for finance.
Willingness to work from Sao Paulo HQ or be deployed to active obras, including occasional travel to Rio de Janeiro or Brasilia projects.
Cultural alignment with a publicly listed but family-rooted company: long-horizon thinking, direct communication, and respect for the engineering-led founding culture.
Track record of stability and progression rather than short hops, especially at Pleno level and above.
For Open subsidiary roles, specific MCMV experience or transferable low-income housing, microfinance, or Caixa Economica Federal program knowledge.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Even Construtora post its job openings?

On its Gupy-hosted careers portal at vagas.even.com.br. LinkedIn and other aggregators may mirror listings, but the application itself routes through Gupy. Avoid third-party sites that ask for fees or credentials, which are not legitimate.

Do I need to speak Portuguese to work at Even?

For nearly all roles, yes, at fluent or near-native level. English is genuinely useful only for IR, treasury, and a few senior corporate functions that interface with foreign investors. Engineering, obra, commercial, and most corporate roles operate in Portuguese.

Is Even hiring civil engineers right now?

Hiring volumes vary with the Brazilian real estate cycle and the Selic rate. Check vagas.even.com.br for current openings rather than assuming continuous hiring. Active CREA registration is required for engineering roles regardless of cycle.

What is the Open subsidiary and how is it different from Even?

Open is Even's low-income housing arm focused on the federal Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) program. The customer, financing structure, unit economics, and regulatory regime differ from Even's premium residential core, and Open hires for a distinct profile.

Are roles based in Sao Paulo or distributed across Brazil?

Roughly 70% or more of activity sits in the Sao Paulo metro area, with selective Rio de Janeiro presence and occasional Brasilia projects. Most corporate roles are at the Sao Paulo HQ; site-based engineering and construction roles are distributed across active obras.

Does Even hire under CLT or PJ?

The default for employees is CLT (Carteira de Trabalho), which carries standard Brazilian labor protections and benefits. Some specialist or interim roles may be offered as PJ contracts. The contract type is disclosed during the offer stage.

What benefits does Even offer?

Standard Brazilian benefits typically include vale-refeicao (VR), vale-alimentacao (VA), plano de saude, plano odontologico, vale-transporte where applicable, life insurance, and a PLR or bonus structure for eligible roles. Specifics vary by role and seniority and are confirmed in the offer.

How long does the hiring process take?

Typically four to eight weeks from application to offer for most roles, longer for senior or board-adjacent positions. The Gupy triagem stage is usually fast; technical and final-round scheduling drives most of the elapsed time.

Does Even sponsor work visas for foreign candidates?

Visa sponsorship is uncommon and typically reserved for highly specialized roles where the skill is not available domestically. Most candidates need to already hold the right to work in Brazil. The Brazilian construction labor market is deep, so domestic preference is strong.

Is Even a good place to work during a real estate downturn?

Even is a publicly listed, established developer with multiple business segments (premium, commercial, MCMV via Open), which provides some diversification across cycles. That said, like all Brazilian real estate companies, headcount plans respond to the Selic rate and demand cycle. Treat any role offer as cycle-dependent.

What ATS keywords matter most for Even applications?

For engineering: 'incorporacao,' 'obra vertical,' 'planejamento,' 'orcamento,' 'curva S,' 'NR-18,' the specific software names (Sienge, RM, SAP, MS Project), and your CREA number. For commercial: 'lancamento,' 'VSO,' 'VGV,' 'corretagem,' 'mid-high.' For Open: 'MCMV,' 'CEF,' 'subsidio,' 'baixa renda.'

Does Even consider remote work?

Limited. Corporate functions in finance, IR, marketing, technology, and some legal roles may operate hybrid from the Sao Paulo HQ. Engineering and obra roles are inherently site-based and on-premise. Fully remote arrangements are uncommon.

Key Takeaways

About Even

Application Process

Resume Tips for Even

Lead with your CREA (engineers) or CAU (architects) registration number and stat

Quantify obra experience in concrete units: VGV (valor geral de vendas) of proje

Name the systems you have used

Distinguish incorporacao from construcao experience

Highlight any MCMV or low-income housing experience for Open subsidiary roles

Include NR (Norma Regulamentadora) certifications relevant to site work, especia

List languages with honest CEFR levels

Show stability and progression

Keep the resume to two pages, A4, in Portuguese, no photo unless the role specif

ATS System: Gupy

Interview Culture

What Even Looks For

Frequently Asked Questions

Open Positions

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