Senior Backend Software Engineering

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Job Summary: We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer passionate about technology to drive digital transformation in the financial sector, with emphasis on performance, resilience, and scalability. Key Highlights: 1. Work on modernizing legacy systems and architectural evolution. 2. Design, develop, test, and evolve solutions with a focus on performance. 3. Serve as a technical reference and contribute to the team's growth. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Customer Profile and Registration community — someone passionate about technology, eager to advance their career, and committed to driving digital transformation in the financial world. This role requires technical maturity, autonomy with accountability, and decision-making capability. If you are passionate about technology, have hands-on experience in complex environments, and seek real-world challenges with direct business impact, this opportunity is for you! You will join a multidisciplinary team that values: * Purpose-driven innovation * Collaboration with ownership * Continuous learning and knowledge sharing * High-quality deliveries with technical responsibility We are looking for candidates with experience in: * Java Spring Boot: expertise in backend development with emphasis on performance and scalability * Mastery of software engineering principles: SOLID, Twelve-Factor App, KISS, etc. * Software Architecture: experience with design patterns, microservices, and distributed systems * AWS: practical expertise in ECS, EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Glue, SQS, SNS * Databases: MySQL and NoSQL (DynamoDB) * Messaging: Kafka * CI/CD: experience with GitHub Actions, CodePipeline * Infrastructure as Code: Terraform * Testing: unit, integration, mutation, and performance testing * Observability: expertise in monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting using Datadog and CloudWatch * FinOps: focus on AWS cost optimization It would be great if you also know: * Python * Chaos Engineering Soft Skills That Drive Us: * Ownership: take end-to-end responsibility for deliverables, tracking impact, quality, and continuous solution improvement. * Technical leadership: ability to lead solutions and decisions * Clear and objective communication, including with non-technical stakeholders * Autonomy with accountability: make technical decisions independently, aligned with team context and priorities, assuming consequences and seeking support when needed. * Active collaboration: code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing * Results-oriented: sense of urgency and prioritization * Resilience and adaptability: handle technical changes and challenges Design, develop, test, and evolve solutions with a focus on performance, resilience, and scalability Modernize legacy systems and evolve architecture Ensure reliability, SLA, and SLO for systems under your responsibility Resolve technical debt and contribute to engineering and product backlogs Participate in incident resolution and continuously improve production systems Conduct PoCs with new technologies and validate technical approaches Promote engineering best practices and a quality culture Serve as a technical reference and contribute to the team's growth Education: Completed Bachelor's Degree — Systems Analysis, Completed Bachelor's Degree — Computer Science, Completed Bachelor's Degree — Engineering, Completed Bachelor's Degree — Information Systems, Completed Bachelor's Degree — Information Technology Technologies: Java, AWS, Python Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate / AWS Certified Developer Associate (preferred) Technical Competencies: The Itaú brand is Brazil’s most valuable, 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 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 are seeking a candidate for the **Senior Backend Software Engineering** position who wants to grow, learn, share, collaborate, and innovate — delivering value to all our customers. **As an Ituber, you’ll enjoy:** * Commuter Allowance * Meal Voucher (restaurants) / Food Voucher (supermarkets) * Health Insurance (Fundação Saúde Itaú **or** Central Nacional Unimed) * Dental Insurance (Odontoprev **or** Interodonto) * Life Insurance * Profit Sharing (PLR — subject to bank performance) * Private Pension Plan * Exclusive discounts on our financial products * Extended maternity and paternity leave * Daycare / Babysitter Assistance (for parents) * Education Incentive * Wellhub or TotalPass * Access to Itaú Leisure Clubs (Guarapiranga / Itanhaém and São Sebastião) \+ 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**