Senior Platform Engineer

Summary

Join RecargaPay, a leading digital payment platform in Brazil, and make a significant impact on millions of users. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will play a crucial role in building and evolving our internal platforms, empowering development teams to deliver software efficiently and securely. You will be responsible for creating self-service solutions, abstracting infrastructure complexity, and implementing automation best practices. This role requires a strong background in platform engineering, experience with AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools, and excellent communication and collaboration skills. RecargaPay offers a competitive salary, remote work opportunities, comprehensive benefits, and a dynamic, inclusive work environment.

Requirements

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Proven experience in platform engineering with a focus on agile development
• Deep understanding and practical experience with AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Github, New Relic technologies
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools and practices, such as Github Actions, Jenkins, GitOps
• Practical experience in building platforms and adopting Internal Developer Platform (IDP)
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in dynamic environments
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with multifunctional teams
• Proven ability to provide technical leadership and mentor less experienced team members
• Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn rapidly and master diverse web technologies and techniques

Responsibilities

• Build self-service internal solutions, abstracting infrastructure complexity, and ensuring that developers have a productive, standardized, and observable environment
• Implement automation best practices, CI/CD, security, and governance, leveraging tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, and New Relic
• Strong experience in platform engineering – building tools and workflows that accelerate development and reduce infrastructure dependency
• Deep focus on Developer Experience – creating interfaces and abstractions that make the platform intuitive and efficient to use
• Automation and standardization mindset – experience with CI/CD, GitOps, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure repeatability and predictability in processes
• Observability and governance from the design phase – implementing monitoring, metrics, logs, and structured alerts to ensure visibility and reliability of applications
• Critical thinking and efficiency-driven mindset – ability to evaluate technical and product trade-offs, optimizing processes without compromising scalability, security, or resilience
• Enabler for development teams – empowering squads to deliver software autonomously by providing documentation, best practices, and ongoing support
• Innovation and adaptability – exploring new technologies and continuously evolving the platform to support the organization’s growth

Preferred Qualifications

• English or Spanish is a plus
• Leadership ability: Inspire and positively influence team members
• Adaptability: Ability to quickly adapt to new technologies and work environments
• Collaboration: Effective teamwork, sharing knowledge and experience
• Results orientation: Focus on achieving goals and deliveries within established timelines
• Critical thinking: Ability to analyze complex problems and find effective solutions

Benefits

• Competitive and market-aligned salary
• Remote work — wherever you are, you’re part of the team!
• Home office allowance through a monthly deposit in the RecargaPay app
• Health and dental plans with no co-pay
• Life insurance
• Flexible meal allowance (via Flash)
• TotalPass membership to take care of your health
• Spanish or Portuguese classes