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Brasil
Remote only
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Software Engineer based remotely in Brazil.
We are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to drive technical strategy and execution across high-impact engineering initiatives. In this role, you will design and build highly scalable, resilient distributed systems that support complex, high-volume product experiences. You will play a key part in advancing AI-powered capabilities, including low-latency conversational journeys, microservices orchestration, and real-time machine learning processing. Beyond delivering technical solutions, you will influence architectural decisions, strengthen engineering practices, and help teams navigate complex trade-offs. Working across multiple engineering teams, you will use your technical judgment and leadership to solve challenging problems and shape long-term technology direction. This is a remote-first opportunity open to professionals anywhere in Brazil, with the flexibility to work from other countries for up to 90 days per year.
You will serve as a technical leader, driving architectural excellence and enabling engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and innovative systems. Your responsibilities will include:
Lead the technical design and delivery of high-volume, high-concurrency, mission-critical distributed systems.
Drive architectural decisions that address scalability, resilience, performance, distributed data consistency, and system optimization.
Design and evolve systems capable of supporting data-intensive applications and large-scale AI and machine learning capabilities.
Contribute to the development of low-latency conversational experiences, complex microservices orchestration, and real-time ML processing.
Evaluate technical alternatives and clearly articulate engineering trade-offs, balancing simplicity, flexibility, delivery speed, reliability, and build-versus-buy decisions.
Identify and remove technical and organizational barriers that affect collaboration and engineering execution.
Lead complex technical discussions and facilitate constructive conversations around architectural and structural challenges.
Promote engineering standards and practices that support maintainability, reliability, and long-term scalability.
Collaborate with engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to align technical decisions with broader product and business objectives.
Foster an inclusive engineering culture built on knowledge sharing, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Contribute to the evolution of engineering practices through experimentation, adaptability, and the effective use of modern development tools, including AI-assisted technologies.
The ideal candidate combines extensive software engineering experience with deep architectural expertise and the ability to influence technical direction across teams. You should be comfortable solving complex distributed systems challenges while helping others make sound engineering decisions. The following qualifications are expected:
10+ years of experience in software development.
Proven experience leading the delivery of high-volume, high-concurrency, mission-critical distributed systems.
Deep understanding of modern software architecture, distributed data consistency, fault tolerance, and system performance optimization.
Strong knowledge of data-intensive applications and architectures designed to support machine learning and AI features at scale.
Demonstrated ability to analyze and communicate technical trade-offs clearly and pragmatically.
Experience influencing engineering decisions and driving collaboration across teams.
Ability to address complex structural challenges, facilitate difficult technical discussions, and foster an inclusive engineering environment.
Fluency in Portuguese and excellent English communication skills; both are mandatory.
Strong problem-solving skills, adaptability, and an engineering mindset.
The following experience would be considered an advantage:
Experience designing architectures that integrate large language models (LLMs), multi-agent AI systems, or complex data pipelines.
Strong background in FinOps and cost optimization for high-throughput cloud environments.
Experience migrating legacy monolithic systems toward decoupled, event-driven architectures.
Familiarity with cloud platforms and modern technologies such as Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Go, Python, React, and AWS. Mastery of the entire technology stack is not required.
Competitive salary.
Profit-sharing program.
Meal allowance.
Health insurance.
Dental plan.
Life insurance.
Childcare subsidy and support for atypical parenthood.
Wellhub membership.
Home office allowance.
Employee assistance program providing mental health, social, legal, and financial support.
Extended parental leave.
Additional days off on birthdays, Mother's Day, and Father's Day.
Benefits Club offering discounts on everyday services.
Discounts at educational institutions.
Children's reading kit through PlayKids.
Remote-first working model, allowing employees to live anywhere in Brazil.
Option to work from the São Paulo office.
Work From Anywhere program, allowing up to 90 days per year working from another country.
Opportunity to contribute to significant technology and AI investments and work on complex engineering challenges.
