Staff Engineer – Payments Performance & Architecture (Work From Anywhere)

dLocal; Madrid; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work hours

Fintech industry

Referral bonus program

Work From Anywhere

Job summary

dLocal is seeking a Staff Engineer for the Payments Performance team to design and evolve systems that optimize payment routing, fraud prevention, and anomaly detection.

You will build scalable Java applications, lead architecture decisions, and work with cross-functional teams to meet current and future needs. The role emphasizes strategic thinking, performance, and maintaining high standards across the platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or computer science.
• 7+ years of Java development experience.
• Java application development and software architecture experience.
• In-depth knowledge of object-oriented design principles and patterns.
• Experience with Spring and Hibernate.
• English proficiency (upper-intermediate).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with tech leaders and product teams to translate goals into technical solutions.
• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality Java applications.
• Lead architectural design of Java-based projects for scalability and performance.
• Create scalable architectures for Java-based applications to support growth.
• Optimize performance through code and query optimization.
• Perform validation and load tests to ensure flexibility and scalability.
• Generate detailed system performance reports with metrics and recommendations.
• Conduct code reviews to uphold coding standards.

Skills

Java

Software architecture

Object‑oriented design

Spring

Hibernate

English

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or computer science

Tools

New Relic

Datadog

Grafana

Prometheus

Dynatrace

CloudWatch

Job description

dLocal is seeking a Staff Engineer for the Payments Performance team to design and evolve systems that optimize payment routing, fraud prevention, and anomaly detection.

You will build scalable Java applications, lead architecture decisions, and work with cross-functional teams to meet current and future needs. The role emphasizes strategic thinking, performance, and maintaining high standards across the platform.