Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform

PowerToFly; Remote; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A tech leader is seeking an experienced engineer to lead the design and evolution of their data platform. You will build high-performance data services and pipelines while mentoring a team of engineers. This position requires strong expertise in distributed systems, proficiency in Golang or Python, and familiarity with cloud computing tools like AWS. This is a remote role allowing significant flexibility in work location.

Qualifikationen

• Strong software engineering background building distributed systems at scale.
• Proficiency in Golang or Python.
• Familiarity with modern streaming processing frameworks.
• Cloud computing skills, preferably in AWS.
• Experience in using Terraform for infrastructure as code.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Ability to monitor systems and respond to incidents.

Aufgaben

• Lead the design and evolution of the data platform focusing on reliability.
• Drive decisions on data stack and platform standards across teams.
• Build and optimize high-performance data services and pipelines.
• Own production operations for file- and event-based systems.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews and hands‑on pairing.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver data products end to end.
• Reduce technical debt and simplify systems.

Kenntnisse

Software engineering background in distributed systems

Proficiency in Golang

Proficiency in Python

Familiarity with modern streaming processing

Cloud computing skills (preferably AWS)

Terraform for IaC

Docker and Kubernetes

Observability tools (Grafana, CloudWatch)

Strong SQL skills

Versioning and CI/CD (Git, GitHub)

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

What you will do:

• Lead the design and evolution of our data platform from architecture to production with a focus on reliability, cost, and scale
• Drive decisions on data stack and platform standards across teams
• Build and optimize high-performance data services and pipelines (batch and streaming) for large-scale workloads
• Own production operations for file- and event-based systems: monitoring, incident response (on-call), and continuous improvement to meet SLAs
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and hands‑on pairing, raise the bar for testing, security, and observability
• Collaborate with partner teams and customers to deliver data products end to end
• Reduce technical debt and simplify systems with clean interfaces and clear patterns

This is a remote position. A remote position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a Visa office location. Remote positions may be required to be present at a Visa office with scheduled notice. #LI-Remote

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Strong software engineering background building distributed systems at scale
• Proficiency in Golang or Python
• Familiarity with modern streaming processing (Kinesis, Flink, Spark)
• Cloud computing skills (preferable AWS) and hybrid designs
• Data platform tooling: Terraform (IaC), Docker and Kubernetes (prod) and Airflow (or similar orchestration)
• Observability and SRE mindset: Grafana, CloudWatch (logs, metrics, traces), on‑call ownership, SLA thinking
• Strong SQL skills
• Versioning and CI/CD: Git GitHub, pipelines (e.g. Codefresh) or similar
• English: B2 level or above
• Be based in Brazil

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.