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Flash

Software Engineering Specialist – Staff Engineer

Flash

. Define and lead high-impact architectural decisions, considering scale, performance, resilience, and sustainability .

Posted 9/29/2026full-timeRemote • BrazilLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in backend development, microservices architecture, and distributed systems while fostering a data-driven culture and promoting technical excellence through mentoring and best practices. Capable of influencing technology strategy and leading architectural decisions that align with product objectives.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Backend DevelopmentMicroservices ArchitectureAPIs (REST, GraphQL, RPC)Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)System Observability and Monitoring

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Hard Skills
Microservices ArchitectureBackend DevelopmentAPIs (REST, GraphQL, RPC)Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)CI/CDSoftware Testing and Quality PracticesMessaging and Event-Driven SystemsHigh-Scale Production SystemsAPI SecurityFunctional Programming Languages
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationCollaborationInfluencing Technical DecisionsMentoringCritical Evaluation
Tools & Technologies
Node.jsTypeScriptNestJSKafkaMongoDBGrafana
Industry Keywords
System ResilienceSystem SustainabilityTechnical StandardsData-Driven CultureFraud PreventionRisk Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaGraphQLJavaScriptKafkaMongoDBNode.jsTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Define and lead high-impact architectural decisions, considering scale, performance, resilience, and sustainability
  • Work cross-functionally across teams to ensure technical consistency
  • Investigate complex technical issues, identify root causes, and lead structured resolutions
  • Propose technical improvements to increase the quality, reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of systems
  • Respond to critical incidents, contributing to system diagnosis, mitigation, resolution, and evolution
  • Influence technology strategy in partnership with leadership
  • Raise technical standards through mentoring and best practices
  • Define and evolve engineering standards for architecture, quality, observability, and security
  • Work with SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs
  • Promote a data-driven culture and continuous improvement
  • Foster innovation, experimentation, and the strategic use of AI
  • Build solutions to complex technical problems as the primary technical authority
  • Connect architectural decisions to the company’s product objectives and OKRs
  • Participate in cross-functional technical communities, Staff Engineer forums, RFCs, and ADRs
  • Connect teams and business units, preventing silos and duplicated effort

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Strong experience in backend development
  • Extensive experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems
  • Experience with messaging and event-driven systems
  • Experience with APIs such as REST, GraphQL, or RPC
  • Experience with high-scale production systems
  • Knowledge of software testing and quality practices
  • Knowledge of system observability and monitoring
  • Knowledge of API security
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or similar
  • Knowledge of CI/CD
  • Ability to influence technical and business decisions
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Ability to determine what should be delegated to AI versus what requires human judgment
  • Define objectives and context before writing any prompt
  • Design contracts and interfaces before generating code with AI
  • Predefine what AI must not generate
  • Critically evaluate AI outputs, ensuring quality and alignment
  • Nice to have: experience with Node.js and TypeScript, NestJS, Kafka, and MongoDB; knowledge of functional programming languages and Grafana; experience in fraud prevention and/or risk management

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flash Card with flexible benefits for food, meals, mobility, healthcare, education, culture, and well-being
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Transportation allowance
  • Home office allowance
  • Childcare allowance
  • Extended maternity and paternity leave
  • TotalPass
  • OnHappy
  • Pet insurance partnership with Guapeco
  • C4life, offering legal, emotional, social, and financial assistance, as well as pet support
  • +Família by Avus, offering support and benefits for different stages of life
  • Partnership with SESC
  • Profit-Sharing and Results Program
  • Birthday day off
  • Autonomy to create, test, and turn ideas into real-world solutions
  • Accelerated learning
  • Inclusive and diverse environment