Staff Software Engineer

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking a professional passionate about transformation and innovation, who will be responsible for ensuring quality, providing technical guidance, and driving continuous improvement of technological solutions. Key Highlights: 1. Promote democratization of access to quality education. 2. Work with innovation and purpose, investing in people's development. 3. Ensure delivery quality through automated testing and observability. The **Unico Skill is Brazil's first unlimited education benefit**, and through technology, it **connects** companies and employees with high-quality educational institutions—all in one place. Our purpose drives us: **Democratizing access to quality education**, so everyone can have more opportunities. With this focus, we leverage technology to deliver an **unparalleled strategic benefit**. It’s not just a catalog—it’s a universe of learning with **over 26,000 courses**, ranging from undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and MBAs to certifications and language courses. Employee **career development is unlimited!** If you’re passionate about **transformation**, want to work in an environment where **innovation** has a clear purpose, and believe that **investing in people** is the best path forward, this is your place. **Your responsibilities will include:*** Ensuring delivery quality through automated testing and code instrumentation for observability; * Actively participating in product discussions and decisions to support technical direction; * Ensuring code simplicity, efficiency, maintainability, and reusability; * Proposing improvements, new technologies, and new architectures for our applications; * Actively promoting an engineering culture; * Refining complex problems by proposing simple, scalable, and business-impactful solutions; * Delivering high-value code consistently and efficiently; * Designing simple solutions and effectively communicating key aspects of proposals and why following them is relevant; * Ensuring documentation of applications and architectural decisions; * Assisting less-experienced developers in solving more complex problems—sometimes breaking them down into smaller parts. * Actively participating in the entire development process—including discovery and delivery—by collaborating with necessary teams; * Supporting decisions regarding restructuring and/or creation of new teams, aligned with business needs and architectural strategy. **What we require you to know:*** Solid experience in at least one programming language; * Knowledge of event-driven architecture, clean architecture, and microservices; * Willingness to work with diverse technologies; * Experience with Cloud platforms; * Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools (e.g., New Relic, Instana), code instrumentation, and observability; * Development workflow using Git, code reviews, and testing; CI/CD;* Administration of relational databases—especially SQL Server—and non-relational databases. * Defensive programming; * Networking protocols, especially HTTP. **Nice-to-have qualifications:*** Cloud experience: AWS, Azure, or GCP (Google Cloud Platform); * Kubernetes experience; * Infrastructure-as-code knowledge. **Discover the benefits of becoming a Unico Talent** **Flexible Benefit:** R$1.500,00 per month, distributable across VA/VR, Culture, Mobility, and Flex Vacation modalities;**Remote Work Allowance:** A monthly amount of R$ 120.00 to cover utility bills and consumption;**Education Benefit:** Unico fully finances studies for 100% of its employees via courses available on the Unico Skill platform—you may choose from undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, MBAs, languages, specialized courses, and mentoring;**Well-being:** Access to platforms such as Gympass and Totalpass;**Healthcare:** Premium health insurance with no co-payment and dental insurance;**Extended Parental Leave:** 180 days for pregnant individuals and primary adoptive caregivers, and 60 days for non-pregnant individuals and secondary adoptive caregivers—with full salary and benefits paid throughout the entire period. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.