Software Engineering Specialist - Focused on AI

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Job Summary: We are seeking technical specialists to work cross-functionally across squads, leading integrated solutions and elevating engineering standards across the Cognitive Finance Platform. Key Highlights: 1. Act as an explorer, mentor, and technical focal point 2. Technically influence multiple teams with a systemic vision 3. Design robust, scalable, and secure architectures Itaú is Brazil’s most valuable brand, ranked as the best company to work for by Great Place to Work, and the largest bank in Latin America. We impact over 98 million customers daily across 18 countries. We are made of people, and we believe that having a team with diverse origins, cultures, beliefs, experiences, races, disabilities, genders, sexual orientations, and generations broadens perspectives and contributes to an environment of respect and appreciation for differences. We seek technical specialists to work cross-functionally across squads, playing a strong leadership role in advancing the Cognitive Finance Platform. This role goes beyond direct delivery: the professional will act as an explorer, mentor, and technical focal point—helping unblock complex initiatives, connecting teams, elevating engineering standards, and steering strategic solutions. In this role, you will: * Propose, design, and lead integrated solutions across squads, corporate platforms, and bank teams * Build technical bridges with platform, security, data, and architecture teams * Unblock critical projects by anticipating risks and simplifying pathways * Define standards, architectural references, and best practices for agent-based architectures * Technically influence multiple teams with a systemic and pragmatic vision **Software Engineering:** * DevSecOps: automation and design of platforms integrating application and infrastructure security * Backend: development of backend services, language-agnostic, with emphasis on security, scalability, and performance * Code Design: ability to design clean, modular, and sustainable code aligned with engineering best practices * Software Architecture: design and implementation of robust, scalable, and secure architectures considering functional and non-functional requirements * Software Quality: systemic view of testing, reliability, resilience, and maintainability **Cloud and Integration:** * AWS Stack: experience with services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation, ECS, EKS, etc. (or equivalents) * Application Integration: secure and resilient integration between systems, with attention to throughput capacity, observability, and monitoring * Observability as part of architecture—not as an afterthought **AI Applied to Engineering:** * Prompt Engineering: design and optimization of prompts (few-shot, chain-of-thought, etc.) * Proficiency with AI tools for software development (copilots, agents, automations) * Tech Writing: production of clear technical documentation to guide developers and consumers of products, components, or reference architectures **Data** * Solid understanding of corporate data platforms * Ability to architect solutions considering: * Data quality, governance, and lineage * Data consumption by services, products, and agents * Non-functional requirements (latency, cost, security, scalability) **Desired Knowledge:** ----------------------------- * Runtime Agents: development of agents using frameworks such as LangGraph, LlamaIndex, Strands, or similar * RAG Creation: strategies and algorithms for Retrieval-Augmented Generation * Context Engineering: design and optimization of context provided to language models * Data Architecture: design of scalable, secure, and efficient data architectures * MCP * Frontend: familiarity with microfrontends, UI/UX, and web interface development (for end-to-end perspective) **As an Ituber, you get\_** * Commuter Allowance * Meal Voucher (Restaurants) / Food Allowance (Supermarkets) * Health Insurance (Fundação Saúde Itaú **or** Central Nacional Unimed) * Dental Insurance (Odontoprev **or** Interodonto) * Life Insurance * PLR – Profit and Results Sharing (subject to bank performance) * Private Pension Plan * Exclusive discounts on our financial products * Extended Maternity and Paternity Leave * Daycare / Nanny Assistance (for parents) * Study Incentive * Wellhub or TotalPass * Access to Itaú Leisure Clubs (Guarapiranga / Itanhaém and São Sebastião) \+ Some additional benefits you may learn about during the process * Learn more about our culture: https://www.itau.com.br/relacoes\-com\-investidores/noticias/cultura\-itubers\-e\-nosso\-novo\-conjunto\-de\-valores/ * We encourage applications from people with disabilities for all positions; therefore, feel free to apply to roles marked as exclusive or non-exclusive for people with disabilities. We are committed to inclusion and value diversity. **\#JoinItaú \#BeAnItuber**