Staff Software Engineer (Java/Kotlin)
Sao Paulo
Technology – Software Engineering: Card Payments /
Permanent - full time /
Hybrid
At PPRO, our mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and our vision is to enable the sale of goods and services to anyone in the world using their preferred way to pay. We empower partners such as Ant Group, PayPal and Stripe to access new markets, connect with more customers, and accelerate their growth.
Our strength lies in our diverse global team with 50+ nationalities and 10+ international locations- all united around one goal – to deliver the best possible products and services to our partners and customers. While our company mission is to keep innovating global commerce, our internal mission is to #chooseaction, #beopen, #thinkcustomer, #gofurther and #wintogether
The Purpose:
At PPRO, Staff Software Engineers make some of the most significant decisions for the company. Think of yourself as an important contributor to the success of your team, your business domain and PPRO itself with a significant impact on our technical strategies, our system landscape, but also on its culture and spirit.
As part of a cross-functional team you will solve complex technical problems, lead decisions on architecture, give technical direction, support and mentor other engineers and work alongside them in the code. You and your team will work on shaping the future of our card payments platform processing millions of payments every day.
What you’ll do:
- You help establish company wide technical standards and share best practices
- Deliver large, cross-team/cross-domain projects and initiatives
- Own products and services end-to-end, from requirements till deployment in our production systems
- Collaborate and grow in a dynamic and autonomous environment while working in small, agile and cross functional teams
- Be the technical lead of a team, and shape its culture and ways of working. Common practices include agile methodologies, pair and mob programming
- Use the latest technologies to solve real problems for our customers at a massive scale
Some of the technologies you’ll get to work with:
- Java and Kotlin (latest versions)
- Modern frameworks (Spring Boot, Micronaut)
- Cloud-native systems (AWS, Kubernetes,, Docker)
- Event-driven architectures (Kinesis)
What would make you a great fit:
- Results-orientation, collaborative, pragmatic, and with a continuous improvement mindset
- Expert knowledge in working with one or more general-purpose programming languages including, but not limited to Java
- Experience designing and building scalable products and services, taking strategic decisions and having a wide impact
- Strong expertise with the cloud (preferably AWS, but Azure or GCP will also do)
- Great problem solving abilities
- Working proficiency in English
What we offer:
Hybrid working - We offer a hybrid structure with a 3 days / week on site expectation, so you can strike the balance between office and home working. In addition to our 30-day holiday allowance, we also provide a work from abroad policy, enabling employees to work remotely for up to another 30 days per year.
Insurance - Because better safe than sorry - we want our employees to benefit from various insurances including life insurance, health insurance + dental plan and travel insurance.
Meal vouchers - BRL 54/ day - Enjoy a moment of conviviality and a good and balanced meal thanks to your meal vouchers. You will also have the choice between meal allowance, supermarket voucher or both (splitting the total value in two)
Enhance Family Leave - We understand the importance of family - that's why we offer enhanced family leave to support you during key life moments.
Transportation Voucher - we will cover your costs of commute!
Gym membership - PPRO helps contribute towards the costs of your gym membership, supporting your physical fitness journey while easing the burden on your wallet
New Value (Deals & Coupon Platform) - Get attractive discounts to restaurants, stores and events
Professional and personal development - We provide leadership cafes, on-the-job
training, and access to LinkedIn learning to help you gain knowledge beyond your role.
We also offer language incentives and cover the costs of your classes!
Mental Health Platform - We’ve teamed up with a top well-being platform to provide one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations, and more.
SESC - private institution that makes available Education, Health, Culture and Recreational programs and events and provides Social Assistance to our employees and their dependents.
Our Principles:
We get things done: We are courageous; we take ownership, make decisions and get things done.
We act with trust and integrity: We listen first and challenge respectfully. We seek out and leverage diverse perspectives. We welcome and offer honest and open feedback, always assuming positive intent
We put the customer first: We are laser focused on delivering outstanding outcomes for our customers. We put the customer at the heart of what we do.
We make things better: We boldly explore new ideas and have an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement.
We work as a team: We collaborate closely and value team success over individual achievement.
