This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer, Blipay based in Brazil.
This is a senior backend engineering opportunity focused on building and scaling financial products that directly impact how people access credit. You will work closely with product and business teams, taking ownership from technical design through production and ongoing improvement. The role involves developing reliable APIs and backend systems that support high-volume, transaction-sensitive lending products. You will collaborate with product, credit, compliance, and analytics teams, ensuring technical decisions reflect both customer needs and regulatory requirements. The environment is remote-first, international, and highly collaborative, with a strong emphasis on ownership, engineering quality, security, and operational excellence. It is an ideal opportunity for an experienced engineer who wants meaningful technical responsibility and visible impact.
Accountabilities:
- Build, maintain, and scale backend systems supporting salary advance, FGTS, and payroll-linked lending products, with a strong focus on reliability, correctness, and scalability.
- Design, develop, and continuously improve APIs that enable fast, secure, and seamless consumer-facing financial experiences.
- Develop and maintain integrations with payroll-linked, FGTS, and other financial systems where availability, accuracy, and resilience are critical.
- Take end-to-end ownership of backend initiatives, contributing from problem definition and technical design through implementation, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate directly with product, credit, compliance, analytics, and other stakeholders to shape solutions and ensure technical decisions address business and customer needs.
- Contribute to code reviews, architectural and technical discussions, engineering standards, and best practices around software quality, security, and operational excellence.
- Monitor and troubleshoot production systems, proactively identifying reliability issues and implementing effective solutions.
- Support the development of junior engineers through knowledge sharing, technical guidance, constructive feedback, and collaborative problem-solving.
- Apply AI-powered development tools as part of the engineering workflow to improve productivity, development quality, and problem-solving efficiency.
- Contribute to a culture of ownership, continuous learning, high standards, and shared responsibility for technical outcomes.
Requirements
- 4+ years of professional backend engineering experience, with a demonstrated history of owning meaningful technical projects and delivering production-grade solutions.
- Strong professional experience with Kotlin and/or Java.
- Solid knowledge of AWS, PostgreSQL, and ECS.
- Experience building and operating consumer-facing systems handling real-world transaction volumes.
- Strong understanding of backend engineering principles, including reliability, scalability, performance, security, and maintainability.
- Experience working with APIs, integrations, and transaction-sensitive systems where correctness and uptime are critical.
- Ability to collaborate closely with product, credit, compliance, analytics, and other multidisciplinary teams.
- Fluent Portuguese and advanced English (C1), with confidence communicating both verbally and in writing in an international environment.
- Comfortable using AI-powered development tools, such as Claude or similar solutions, as a genuine productivity and engineering capability.
- Strong ownership mindset, with the ability to make thoughtful technical decisions and follow work through to production.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a willingness to share knowledge and contribute to the development of other engineers.
- Fintech, lending, payments, or experience working in regulated environments is a strong advantage.
Benefits
- CLT employment with a comprehensive benefits package.
- Competitive compensation package with equity participation.
- Health insurance with flexible plan options and substantial employer subsidies.
- VR/VA meal allowances.
- Home office stipend and support for a remote working environment.
- Remote-first work model.
- Collaboration with an international team spanning 14 countries and 12 time zones.
- Direct exposure to leadership, with opportunities for ideas and contributions to gain visibility quickly.
- Two paid global company offsites per year, providing opportunities to connect with colleagues in person.
- Career growth opportunities based on contribution and impact rather than rigid promotion timelines.
- Opportunity to work on financial products designed to expand access to credit and create meaningful impact for customers.
- Inclusive, respectful, and collaborative culture focused on excellence, learning, and shared success.
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