Staff Software Engineer | Banking PJ

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Job Summary: Work as a Staff Engineer, influencing high-impact technical decisions, supporting team growth, and leading initiatives across critical, scalable, and resilient systems. Key Highlights: 1. Lead complex technical initiatives with significant impact on PJ products. 2. Guide architectural decisions and the evolution of the technology stack. 3. Serve as a technical reference in performance, security, and scalability. **About PicPay** With over ten years of history, PicPay is a comprehensive ecosystem of financial and non-financial services aimed at meeting the daily needs of thousands of individuals and businesses, becoming their primary everyday account. Founded in Vitória (ES), the company already serves over 35 million active customers and is part of the J&F Group, one of Brazil’s largest business conglomerates. The company operates across multiple fronts, including Financial Services for Individuals, Financial Services for Legal Entities, Investments, and PicPay Shop. Guided by our culture, we pursue the purpose of bringing far more energy to the lives of millions of Brazilians. Learn about our values: Ownership Mindset, Discipline, Determination, Availability, Simplicity, Humility, and Candor. *Respect, ethics, the pursuit of equity, and the appreciation of diversity are non-negotiable elements that are actively practiced in our daily work at PicPay. Therefore, this position is open to all individuals, regardless of gender, religion, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other factor.* **Learn more about the business unit this role belongs to:** The Banking PJ BU specializes in delivering customized financial solutions. By combining financial expertise with advanced technology, it aims to simplify daily operations, optimize financial management, and support the sustainable growth of businesses—always ensuring a secure, efficient, and personalized experience. **About the Role:** You will act as a Staff Engineer, influencing high-impact technical decisions, supporting team growth, and leading initiatives involving critical, scalable systems focused on resilience and observability. **Responsibilities and Duties:** * Lead complex technical initiatives with significant impact across the PJ product ecosystem. * Guide architectural decisions, technical standards, and the evolution of the technology stack. * Serve as a technical reference in performance, security, reliability, and scalability. * Actively participate in investigating and resolving critical incidents, promoting continuous improvement of infrastructure and processes. * Promote software engineering best practices, code reviews, and quality standards definition. * Support the development of team engineers through mentoring and knowledge sharing. * Collaborate with technical and product stakeholders to align strategic and technical vision. * Disseminate PicPay’s culture across teams; **Requirements and Qualifications:** * Proven backend development experience with **Kotlin** and/or **Java**, including production of mission-critical systems. * Mastery of microservice architecture and RESTful APIs. Experience with cloud computing (AWS) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). * Strong knowledge of observability (metrics, logs, tracing, alerts). Practical experience designing and evolving distributed systems, with awareness of trade-offs for each technical decision. * Proficiency in automated testing (unit, integration, performance). * Experience with CI/CD tools. * Deep understanding of: Design Patterns and Clean Architecture; * Programming paradigms (functional, object-oriented); SOLID principles; Versioning strategies, safe deployment, and rollback; * Modern software engineering practices. **Differentiators That Set You Apart** * Experience in payment methods: acquiring, digital banking, digital wallets, processors. * Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging (Kafka, SQS). * Proficiency in Kotlin Coroutines. * Experience with OpenAPI (Swagger) and end-to-end test automation (Cypress). * Knowledge of NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB). **What We Offer:** **Health and Well-being** * Medical and Dental Insurance; * Life Insurance; * "Lado a Lado" Program, offering legal, social, psychological, and financial support; * Wellhub. **Meals/Mobility or Remote Work:** * **PicPay Benefits** credit card, widely accepted, where you receive your meal/food and mobility or remote work allowance (as per your employment contract). **Parental Leave:** * Extended maternity leave of 6 months, and extended paternity leave of 20 days. * "Novo Ser" Program, supporting our mothers throughout pregnancy and upon return from maternity leave. Speaking of which, upon returning from maternity leave, mothers also benefit from **Childcare Assistance**, and fathers with sole or shared custody are also eligible. **Recognition of Results: PPR –** PicPay Profit Sharing Plan. \#VemserPicpayLover \#Picpay \#LI-REMOTE \#LI-SS1