Recommended experience: 3–8+ years in software engineering, including at least 4–6 years in architecture or technical leadership.

Essential technical experience
The candidate should demonstrate practical experience in:
Microservices architecture.
Distributed and high-availability systems.
Cloud: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Clean Architecture and Hexagonal Architecture.
Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
Event-driven architecture and asynchronous processing.
REST API design and integration systems.
Scalability, performance, and resilience.
Application and infrastructure security.
CI/CD, DevOps, observability, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Architectural design and documentation.

Must possess sound architectural judgment and demonstrable experience designing production systems.

Experience with Artificial Intelligence — HIGHLY IMPORTANT
Must have used tools such as:
Cursor
Claude Code
OpenAI Codex
GitHub Copilot
or other equivalent tools.

And must be able to explain how they use AI to:
Generate code.
Create and execute tests.
Debug errors.
Refactor.
Review code.
Generate documentation.




Break down large projects into tasks.
Work with coding agents.
Create instructions/context for agents.
Critically review AI-generated code.

Must have presente experience with AI-assisted development / agentic coding.

Technical leadership experience
Must be capable of:
Defining architectural standards.
Reviewing technical designs.
Approving or challenging architectural decisions.
Identifying risks prior to implementation.
Reducing technical debt. • Create reusable patterns and architectures.
Mentor developers.
Communicate technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders.
Work with Product, Operations, Security, and Compliance.

English
Able to:
Conduct technical meetings in English.
Explain an architecture in English.
Defend technical decisions.
Document architecture and specifications.
Communicate with international technical teams.

Fintech experience
Experience in:
Payment processors.
Banking

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