Brazil Head of Technology (Pix: Brazil Instant Payment System) - English Portuguese Speaker (Fully Remote)

Own the architecture, design, and implementation of fintech and payment institution platforms, including real-time payment systems, ledger services, reconciliation platforms, and core payment flows.

Lead end-to-end delivery of critical payment capabilities from architecture design through production launch and operational ownership.

Drive technical decisions around system resilience, security, scalability, availability, and regulatory compliance.

Design reliable payment workflows with strong transaction consistency, idempotency, failure handling, and recovery mechanisms.

Build and evolve financial ledger systems ensuring accuracy, auditability, and consistency across orchestration, transaction processing, settlement, and reconciliation.

Write, review, and troubleshoot production-grade Java (Spring Boot) services for mission-critical payment systems.

Establish engineering best practices including observability, incident response, operational readiness, and production excellence.

Collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and business stakeholders.

Serve as the technical representative in discussions with Banco Central do Brasil (BACEN) and regulatory stakeholders.

Lead regulatory certification activities, prepare technical documentation and evidence for audits, and respond to regulatory requirements.