This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Pessoa Tech Lead Backend Java based in Brazil. This role is designed for a technical leader who wants to drive the evolution of high-impact backend systems in a collaborative and innovation-driven environment. You will lead engineering decisions, define scalable architectures, and guide teams in building reliable solutions using modern technologies. The position combines hands-on development with technical leadership, enabling you to influence standards, practices, and the overall quality of delivery. You will work with distributed architectures, cloud environments, automation, observability, and AI-powered development practices. The ideal professional enjoys solving complex technical challenges, mentoring engineers, and making strategic decisions that improve product scalability and performance. You will be part of a team where curiosity, excellence, and continuous learning are essential to creating impactful technology solutions. ### Accountabilities: As a Tech Lead Backend Java, you will be responsible for guiding technical decisions, supporting engineering excellence, and ensuring the delivery of robust backend solutions for complex and scalable environments. - Lead the technical direction of a backend squad, defining architecture, development standards, and engineering best practices. - Design, develop, and maintain critical backend systems using Java and Spring Boot. - Make architectural decisions based on performance, scalability, security, and long-term maintainability. - Conduct code reviews, establish coding guidelines, and promote high-quality development practices. - Design and maintain complex CI/CD pipelines across distributed systems and multiple environments. - Work with cloud infrastructure, containers, and orchestration platforms to support reliable deployments. - Define and implement security practices, authentication flows, monitoring strategies, and observability standards. - Analyze technical trade-offs involving algorithms, data structures, and system performance. - Encourage the adoption of AI-powered development tools to improve productivity and software quality. - Mentor developers, share knowledge, and contribute to the technical growth of the team. ## Requirements: We are looking for a senior backend professional with strong technical expertise, leadership experience, and the ability to make autonomous decisions in complex engineering scenarios. - Advanced experience with Java and Spring Boot development. - Strong experience working with PostgreSQL and relational databases. - Proven experience designing and operating backend integrations, including APIs, messaging systems, event-driven architectures, automation, and asynchronous processing. - Solid knowledge of distributed systems architecture, scalability, resilience, and performance optimization. - Experience with Docker containers and Kubernetes/EKS orchestration. - Hands-on experience with AWS services such as ECS, RDS, ALB/NLB, S3, Lambda, or Bedrock. - Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar tools. - Knowledge of RESTful APIs, OAuth2 authentication, and Kafka-based messaging. - Experience with Infrastructure as Code practices, especially Terraform. - Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools such as Grafana. - Ability to mentor engineers, conduct technical reviews, and provide architectural guidance. - English proficiency sufficient for reading technical documentation. Nice-to-have qualifications: - Experience with canary deployments or blue-green release strategies. - Background working with machine learning projects or backend automation solutions. - Experience automating tests for complex CI/CD pipelines. - Knowledge of advanced observability solutions such as Prometheus or New Relic. - Experience integrating or customizing generative AI solutions into software development workflows. ## Benefits: - Remote-first work model with flexibility to work from different locations. - Flexible working hours focused on autonomy and responsibility. - Education support and career development programs. - Internal guilds and learning communities for technical growth. - Health insurance and dental insurance. - Partnerships for medication discounts. - 24/7 telemedicine access. - Free online therapy support. - Wellhub membership. - Extended maternity and paternity leave. - Employee assistance and well-being programs. - Meal and food allowance. - Life insurance. - Transportation allowance. - Home office support allowance. - Childcare assistance. - Mobile phone allowance. - Profit-sharing program. 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