Staff Software Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Fintech): Defining and driving the long-term vision and strategy for the global architecture of the core credit card platform with an accent on ensuring exponential scalability and continuous evolution capability. Focus on leading and resolving the most ambitious and high-risk technical challenges, intervening in critical performance or resilience bottlenecks and driving technical execution for solutions with multi-system and multi-country impact.

Location: Hybrid in Brazil (São Paulo, Campinas, Rio de Janeiro, or Belo Horizonte), the United States (Palo Alto, Durham, Washington D.C. or Miami), or Canada (Toronto).

Company

hirify.global is a digital banking platform and technology company redefining people's relationships with money across Latin America.

What you will do

• Define and drive the long-term vision and strategy for the global architecture of the core credit card platform.
• Lead the strategic partnership with Product and Business leadership to shape the medium and long-term technical roadmap.
• Act as a technical and cultural reference, defining the highest standards of engineering excellence.
• Lead and resolve the most ambitious and high-risk technical challenges.
• Design and oversee the execution of complex system transformations, ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Communicate and defend the technical strategy eloquently and convincingly to the executive board and non-technical audiences.

Requirements

• Principal/Staff Engineer level experience in architecting and scaling mission-critical, high-volume, and low-latency systems in global fintech or e-commerce environments.
• Expert proficiency in multiple programming paradigms, with hands-on experience in functional programming (e.g., Clojure, Scala, Haskell) and reactive/event-based architectures.
• Proven ability to establish and lead the long-term technical strategy for entire platform ecosystems.
• Deep experience in navigating and defining the architecture in highly regulated financial environments and designing systems to meet data residency requirements and complex cross-border transactions.
• History of successfully leading and completing large-scale platform transformations, managing risks and operational impact.
• In-depth knowledge of credit card/payment systems design.

Nice to have

• Experience with Clojure or similar functional languages.
• Proven interest or experience in leveraging AI to optimize engineering workflows.
• Deep domain knowledge of credit card processing or financial ledgers.

Culture & Benefits

• Committed to creating a welcoming work environment that respects and values diversity in all its forms.
• Encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
• Equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.