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THE OPPORTUNITY
We are hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer in our Achievements & Gamification area in Brazil! This is a Remote – Brazil position, meaning you can work from anywhere within the country. Please note that this role is only open to candidates in Brazil.
Our mission as Achievements & Gamification Squad is to create a rewarding experience for our users by highlighting our value proposition. We are transforming user real-time data into a narrative through gamification and rewards.
YOUR IMPACT
- Driven to deliver timely, high-quality work. Perform insightful pull-request reviews and build reusable code for future use;
- You proactively integrate AI agents into our engineering processes to drive unprecedented efficiency and automation;
- You treat AI as a force multiplier, strategically deploying it to solve complex technical bottlenecks and deliver measurable business value;
- Be data-driven and participate in and/or lead architectural decisions, share improvements opportunities, bring innovation to the table, and make sure design docs are up to date;
- Interact with product team and stakeholders to impact the business;
- Ensure successful deliveries, and promote the long-term technical health of our journeys;
- Take ownership of critical features, accountable and possess high level of ownership by following up engineering and product KPIs;
- Ensure a high bar on code quality standards, making sure devs are proud of their work;
- Technical reference for your team, spread development best practices such as code review, pair programming, TDD. Eager to learn and to share knowledge;
- Mentor less experienced developers;
- Take part in incident resolution and troubleshooting in the production;
- Live the mission: inspire and empower others by genuinely caring for your own wellbeing and your colleagues. Bring wellbeing to the forefront of work, and create a supportive environment where everyone feels comfortable taking care of themselves, taking time off, and finding work-life wellness.
WHO YOU ARE
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline or equivalent practical experience;
- A true team player who loves working towards both team and individual goals with at least 5 years of experience in backend development;
- Experience designing, developing and maintaining complex modern web applications;
- Experience with at least two different programming languages such as Go, Scala, Kotlin, or Java;
- Experience with SQL/NoSQL technology such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, understanding common use cases and performance pitfalls;
- Demonstrated AI Fluency and an Agentic Engineering mindset, with the strategic judgment to integrate AI tools into your daily routine to maximize productivity, ensure high-quality delivery, and maintain full accountability for all shipped work;
- Experience dealing with event-driven architectures and message brokers such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS, etc., and an in-depth understanding of their use cases and pitfalls;
- Experienced in implementing prototypes and concepts such as MVP, A/B testing, and feature toggles for rolling-out features to production;
- Experience with monitoring, observability, and KPI tracking;
- Experience with Cloud-based architectures in AWS;
- Strong communication skills, including verbal and written English and Portuguese.
We recognize that individuals approach job applications differently. We strongly encourage all aspiring applicants to go for it, even if they don't match the job description 100%. We welcome your application and will be delighted to explore if you could be a great fit for our team. For this specific role, please note that prior experience in backend development and microservices architecture are mandatory requirements.
