Principal Engineer

RecargaPay; Brasil; Teletrabalho; USD 80.000 - 120.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

RecargaPay seeks a Principal Engineer to define the technical direction of backend infrastructure in a remote-first setting. The ideal candidate will lead critical projects driving innovation and scalability, while mentoring teams and collaborating with executives to achieve strategic goals. Experience with Java and PostgreSQL is essential for success in this role.

Serviços

Competitive salary

Remote work flexibility

Home office allowance

Health and dental plans

Life insurance

Flexible meal allowance

Health membership

Language classes

Qualificações

• Experience in hands-on engineering roles, especially with Java and PostgreSQL.
• Solid understanding of web and mobile application architecture.
• Expertise in microservices and Domain-Driven Design.

Responsabilidades

• Define and steer architectural strategies aligned with company goals.
• Lead technological transformations ensuring efficiency and scalability.
• Mentor senior engineers and drive large-scale project planning.

Conhecimentos

Java

PostgreSQL

Python

AI frameworks

DevSecOps

Microservices architecture

Formação académica

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Ferramentas

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Kafka

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Come Make an Impact on Millions of Brazilians!

At RecargaPay, we're on a mission to deliver the best payment experience for Brazilian consumers and small businesses — by building a powerful digital ecosystem where the banked and unbanked connect, and where consumers and merchants have a one-stop shop for all their financial needs.

We serve over 10 million users and process more than USD 4 billion annually. We've been profitable since 2022 and operate our own credit business. We are an AI-first, 100% remote team, scaling in the rapidly changing Brazilian financial market.

Our goal? Deliver the best payment experience in Brazil for people and small businesses alike.

We value autonomy, ownership, and a bias for action. We're looking for people who are curious, hands-on, and driven by impact — who want to solve real problems, work with strong teams, and rethink what's possible.

If you're ready to do your best work, at scale, with purpose — this is your place.

Responsibilities

As a Principal Engineer, you will define the technical and architectural direction of our backend infrastructure, leading critical projects that drive scalability, robustness and innovation across our systems. You will operate in a dynamic environment, collaborating with executive leadership and guiding engineering teams to achieve our strategic objectives.

• Define and steer medium- and long-term architectural strategies aligned with company goals
• Lead technological transformations and modernizations of critical systems, ensuring efficiency, scalability and reliability
• Serve as the technical authority for the Engineering and Architecture Chapters, championing best practices and quality standards
• Drive large-scale project planning, execution and successful delivery
• Partner with executives to translate business vision into technical solutions, evaluating and implementing tools, methodologies and frameworks that enhance efficiency and cross-team collaboration
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
• Promote the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices within your squad and chapter, leveraging tools for code generation, automated refactoring, test case creation, and technical documentation. Identify opportunities where AI can enhance developer productivity, code quality, and team velocity
• Promote emerging technologies and engage in benchmarking to keep the organization at the forefront of industry trends
  
  
  

Requirements

• Academic background oriented toward computer science, engineering, or software development disciplines
• Experience hands-on engineering roles
• Proven hands-on experience with Java (Spring Boot) and PostgreSQL
• Working knowledge of Python and asynchronous programming
• Knowledge of relational database systems and Object Oriented Programming
• Solid understanding of web and mobile application architecture, including security, session management and development best practices
• Expertise in Domain-Driven Design and microservices architecture
• Ability to design high-performance, scalable and reliable distributed systems
• Experience defining and executing architectural roadmaps
• Practical experience with AWS and cloud-native development
• Solid knowledge of DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions)
• Familiarity with streaming technologies such as Kafka
• Demonstrated experience profiling and tuning Java applications
• Proficiency with production monitoring and observability tools
• Practical experience applying AI frameworks in development projects
• Ability to learn rapidly and adapt to new technologies in a fast-paced environment.
  
  

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams
• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate complex business goals into long-term technical direction
• Proven leadership in cross-functional environments, fostering alignment, ownership, and a high-performance culture
• Ability to mentor and elevate senior engineers, promoting a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence
• Strong decision-making and prioritization abilities under ambiguity, balancing immediate needs with long-term architectural vision
• Active contributor to a constructive feedback culture, capable of both giving and receiving feedback to drive improvement
• High degree of autonomy and accountability, with a bias for action and results-oriented problem solving.
• Comfort operating at both strategic and hands-on levels, flexing between system design and stakeholder engagement as needed
  
  

Industry-Specific Knowledge

You bring practical familiarity with one or more core financial domains, such as lending, payments, credit cards, open finance, fraud prevention, merchant acquiring or investment services, and understand their fundamental workflows and business drivers. You appreciate how these areas intersect and influence revenue, risk management and customer satisfaction.

In practice, you have leveraged this expertise to architect and deliver solutions such as loan-origination engines with real-time decisioning; scalable payment-processing platforms integrated with core banking and third-party gateways; secure open-finance interfaces compliant with industry regulations; automated fraud-detection pipelines using behavioral analytics; financial reporting and reconciliation engines that generate regulatory reports. You translate complex compliance mandates (KYC/AML, PCI-DSS, GDPR) into resilient, high-performance systems without sacrificing user experience.

Process Stages

HR Interview

Our first contact will be a casual conversation to learn about you, your career journey, and align expectations. We'll conduct a brief technical assessment and answer your questions about the role, our culture, and what makes us unique. We want you to get to know us better too! ????

Assessment (skills Mapping)

We use an evaluation tool to map your work style and how you align with our culture. This step helps us understand how your skills can enhance our solutions.

Technical Assessment

Now it's time to showcase your technical talent! In this step, you'll solve technical cases and have a discussion with our engineering team. We'll dive into your decisions, strategies, and how you design scalable and robust solutions. Beyond evaluation, we want to exchange ideas and explore how your solutions can impact RecargaPay!

Conversation with Leadership

Here, you'll meet the squad leader to understand the position's challenges, discuss the team's daily activities, and evaluate alignment between our goals, culture, and your career aspirations. This will be an open space to align expectations and ensure RecargaPay is a place where you can grow and make a difference. ????

Offer

If we've made it this far together, we'd be thrilled to invite you to join our team! You'll receive a detailed proposal with all the information about the role, benefits, and the impact you'll have with us. We can't wait to welcome you!

Note: There may be an additional step if specific alignments are needed.

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
  
  
  

Diversity & Inclusion at RecargaPay

At RecargaPay, you'll have the freedom to be who you are because we believe that diverse perspectives and experiences make us more creative and stronger. Here, everyone is welcome to express themselves authentically. We value the richness of each journey and the multiple ways of seeing the world, without distinctions of gender, race, sexual orientation, age, religion, or any other characteristic that makes us unique.

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By sharing your resume with us, you authorize the use of your data for analysis during the selection process and possibly for other opportunities within the RecargaPay group. You can request the update or deletion of your information at any time, in accordance with LGPD (General Data Protection Law).

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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