Senior Software Engineer, Technical Referent

Summary

Join dLocal, a global payments company, and be part of a team enabling large companies to collect payments in emerging markets. As a Platform Engineer, you will own the technical vision for internal application frameworks, design and build core platform components, and champion best practices in microservice design. You will also enable developer experience through self-service actions and automated guardrails, manage AWS resources with Infrastructure-as-Code, and embed observability into the platform. The role involves mentorship, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and continuous improvement by tracking industry trends and evaluating new technologies. This position offers a flexible, remote-first work culture with various benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of professional experience building large-scale backend or platform systems, with deep proficiency in Golang and Java
• Proven track record designing and operating cloud-native architectures on AWS (EKS, ECS/Fargate, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, etc.)
• Hands-on mastery of containerization & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), Infra-as-Code (Terraform/CDK), and modern CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD)
• Strong knowledge of microservices, event-driven architectures (Kafka, SNS/SQS), and REST/gRPC API design
• Experience creating reusable SDKs, libraries, or internal developer platforms
• Solid grasp of software-security fundamentals: OWASP, IAM, secrets management, dependency-scanning, SBOMs
• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) and performance-profiling tools
• Good communication skills in English; able to articulate complex ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Thorough understanding of agile methodologies, trunk-based development, and continuous delivery principles

Responsibilities

• Framework Ownership: Set the technical vision for our internal application framework stack, defining conventions, project archetypes, and lifecycle management for libraries and tooling
• Platform Engineering: Design, build, and maintain core platform components (SDKs, shared services, CI/CD pipelines) in Golang and Java , enabling product teams to ship quality code quickly and safely
• Architecture & Standards: Champion best practices in microservice design, domain-driven design, clean architecture, and twelve-factor principles; review and approve RFCs that impact how we deploy code company-wide
• DevEx Enablement: Create self-service developer actions, golden-path templates, and automated guardrails (linting, static analysis, vulnerability scanning) to streamline the developer experience
• Cloud & IaC Expertise: Provision and manage AWS resources with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CDK), implement GitOps workflows, and drive adoption of Kubernetes-native patterns (Helm, Argo CD)
• Reliability Engineering: Embed observability (metrics, traces, logs) by default; standardize SLIs/SLOs and incident-management playbooks across services
• Security by Design: Integrate secure-coding guidelines, secrets-management, least-privilege IAM, SBOM generation, and supply-chain-security checks into the SDLC
• Mentorship & Leadership: Serve as technical referent for a multi-disciplinary platform team; coach engineers, run architecture reviews, and foster a culture of continuous improvement
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Security, and Infrastructure teams to align roadmaps, manage technical debt, and ensure platform capabilities meet business needs
• Continuous Improvement: Track industry trends, evaluate new technologies (service mesh, eBPF, WASM, etc.), and pilot innovations that keep our platform ahead of scale and compliance demands

Benefits

• Remote work: work from anywhere or one of our offices around the globe!*
• Flexibility: we have flexible schedules and we are driven by performance
• Fintech industry: work in a dynamic and ever-evolving environment, with plenty to build and boost your creativity
• Referral bonus program: our internal talents are the best recruiters - refer someone ideal for a role and get rewarded
• Learning & development: get access to a Premium Coursera subscription
• Language classes: we provide free English, Spanish, or Portuguese classes
• Social budget: you'll get a monthly budget to chill out with your team (in person or remotely) and deepen your connections!
• DLocal Houses: want to rent a house to spend one week anywhere in the world coworking with your team? We’ve got your back!