IT Engineer Spec IV

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Job Summary: This role involves orchestrating tests, conducting debugging, defining observability, architecting services, and leading security by design, with a focus on innovation and results. Key Highlights: 1. Orchestrate tests and conduct debugging in complex scenarios. 2. Architect services with a focus on evolution and reduction of future cost. 3. Lead a security-by-design posture and promote a feedback culture. IT Engineer Spec IV Country: Brazil **\# WHO WE ARE** The F1RST is the future—and your career is here! Our culture is built on “People, Innovation, and Results.” Here, we deliver services and experiences to over 60 million customers across the entire Santander ecosystem. Join the team whose purpose is to support people and help businesses thrive. We are passionate about technology. We are F1RST Digital Services. Follow our LinkedIn to stay updated on all news: https://www.linkedin.com/company/f1rstdigitalservices We have an opening for you to become an **IT Engineer Spec IV** **In this role, you will:** * Orchestrate tests across the entire ecosystem: ensure a coherent strategy (test pyramid, contracts, mutation, quality) and close gaps using metrics. * Conduct debugging in high-complexity, multi-domain scenarios; establish systematic diagnostic patterns. * Define observability vision (metrics, tracing, logs, SLO/SLA) and use operational data to drive improvements in stability, performance, and cost. * Map and influence adjacent domains; propose simplifications and clear responsibility boundaries. * Architect services and systems with emphasis on evolution, change isolation, and reduction of future cost; anticipate use cases and systemic risks. * Lead a security-by-design posture; align with corporate strategy, promote culture, and close gaps. * Ensure critical refinement of epics and programs; structure incremental deliveries and impact-based prioritization. * Establish dependency and urgency management practices aligned with organizational strategy. * Navigate ambiguity and risk; make decisions under pressure using explicit criteria and proactive communication. * Anticipate blockers, cost deviations, and impact; align expectations with stakeholders and reduce escalation needs. * Promote economic thinking and evaluation of trade\-offs (value, risk, effort, operational cost). * Structure a continuous feedback culture (positive and constructive) and lead by example. * Encourage active feedback seeking and transformation into measurable improvement actions. * Elevate standards for clear, concise, and audience-adapted communication; pay attention to nonverbal cues. * Institutionalize documentation and sharing of reusable knowledge. * Support colleagues in removing impediments; foster cross-functional collaboration. * Participate in on-call rotations, providing qualified support and post\-incident improvements. * Build and strengthen strategic inter-team relationships to position deliveries and reduce friction. * Mediate disagreements neutrally, using data and consensus-building; encourage psychological safety. * Guide decision-making aligned with organizational goals and principles; address biases and accountability. * Ensure continuous alignment with strategy and objectives; reorient efforts when necessary. * Identify, propose, and implement process improvements (quality, delivery, incidents, review flow). * Mentor multiple levels (junior to senior) and create technical capability redundancy. * Translate business strategy into technical choices; assess market and trend impact. * Contribute to and influence strategic engineering work (roadmaps, standards, platforms). * Integrate product vision: simplify solutions, evaluate complexity trade\-offs, and guide roadmaps. * Collaborate with the Corporate Solution Architecture team to design new solutions. * Design and execute positive, negative, regression, mutation, and stress tests. **Mandatory Requirements:** * Strong expertise in architecture (context boundaries, patterns, decoupling, planned evolution). * Proficiency in advanced testing and continuous quality strategies with actionable metrics. * Advanced observability (SLO design, alert tuning, trend and regression analysis). * Distributed debugging and performance analysis (concurrency, throughput, latency, bottlenecks). * Applied security (basic threat modeling, vulnerability mitigation, secrets management, policies). * Planning and execution of structural refactoring with success metrics and risk reduction. * Operational cost management and impact assessment (scaling, optimization, technical sustainability). * Multi\-paradigm integration (REST, events, asynchronous, RPC) and conscious protocol selection. * Influence over CI/CD processes, release quality, and cycle time. * Experience working with cloud. **Desirable Requirements:** \-High autonomy with sound judgment regarding escalation. * Systemic and long-term vision. * Technical influence and consensus building. * Communicative clarity and conciseness. * Resilience and adaptability. * Rigor in accountability and ethics. * Strong culture of continuous improvement. * Business and user value orientation. * Inclusion and cross-functional collaboration. \-Leadership of corporate initiatives (evolutionary architecture, security, observability, platform). * Leading technical debt reduction programs with public metrics. * Facilitating post\-mortems with implemented outcomes. * Publications, talks, or active participation in technical communities. * Creation of widely adopted internal frameworks or standards. * Knowledge of the Insurance business. \-Success stories from projects / initiatives \- e.g., cost-reduction projects, revenue-increase projects, modernization / obsolescence projects, etc. * Test automation. **Work Location:** Radar \- Rua Amador Bueno, 474 – Santo Amaro, São Paulo – SP **\# BENEFITS:** ➡️ Meal allowance; ➡️ Health insurance; ➡️ Dental insurance: Basic and intermediate plans; ➡️ Transportation allowance; ➡️ Flex Vacation: 24 business days of vacation, divisible into up to 6 periods; for every 2 months worked, you can already enjoy 4 business days; ➡️ Birthday Day Off; ➡️ Gym partnerships: Wellhub, Totalpass; ➡️ Flex Working: Hybrid work model—2 days remote and 3 days onsite; ➡️ Training platforms with over 100,000 courses; ➡️ Career paths for professional development; ➡️ Flex Learning: Exclusive study incentive for High-Performance employees; ➡️ Childcare allowance; ➡️ Birth Program and Extended Paternity Leave. ➡️ Life insurance; ➡️ Be Healthy \- Program encouraging healthier habits; ➡️ PAPE \- Specialized personal support program; **\#LI\-DNI**