Senior Java Software Engineer (BRAZIL)

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Requirements:

• Proven experience in backend software development, leading teams and architecting payment systems.
• Strong understanding of payment flows, settlement, reconciliation, and fraud detection mechanisms.
• Deep knowledge of Java 11+, Spring Boot.
• Strong experience with AWS cloud services, including IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, and API Gateway.
• Hands-on experience with transaction management, database tuning (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or NoSQL stores), and high-availability strategies.
• Extensive experience with Event-Driven Software Design Patterns and complex systems architecture.
• Expertise in microservices architecture, specifically with Java 8+, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud (Netflix OSS), OAuth2 Security, and JPA ORM.
• Expertise in designing secure RESTful APIs and working with OAuth2, JWT, and SSO mechanisms.
• Advanced proficiency in Git for source control and versioning.
• Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to produce clear and concise technical requirements, design documents, and specifications.

Responsibilities:

• Leading the design and architecture of complex distributed systems that handle real-time financial transactions at scale.
• Spearheading the integration of payment gateways, banks, card networks, and alternative payment methods.
• Taking a lead role in our transition to a microservices-based architecture for payments.
• Creating and maintaining high-quality, optimized code with robust unit tests and appropriate test coverage.
• Providing technical leadership, mentoring junior developers, and guiding the team in best practices and efficient coding techniques.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver highly scalable, performant solutions.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives, identifying bottlenecks, and optimizing the software development lifecycle.
• Collaborating with DevOps to optimize CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring strategies for production systems.