Java System Architect

Accountabilities:

• • Design, validate, and continuously evolve high-complexity solution architectures for mission-critical insurance applications.
  • Define and promote architecture, engineering, and design-pattern best practices across technical squads.
  • Provide strong technical leadership, maintaining oversight of development activities and ensuring architectural decisions are effectively implemented.
  • Lead modernization strategies, including application coexistence, data migration, cutover planning, and legacy-system transformation.
  • Drive improvements in platform performance, scalability, resilience, availability, and observability.
  • Participate in technical reviews, Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), proof-of-concepts, design discussions, and other key architectural decisions.
  • Act as a technical reference and point of contact in meetings with clients and technology stakeholders, translating complex technical topics into clear recommendations.
  • Mentor software architects and technical leaders, supporting both their technical development and career progression.
  • Support quality, security, governance, and compliance initiatives within regulated environments.
  • Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies in collaboration with business and technology stakeholders.
  • Contribute hands-on to engineering activities, including design decisions, PoCs, and code reviews when required.
  • Support technical team management by providing direction, guidance, and architectural leadership across development initiatives.

  Requirements:

  • Solid experience as a Solution Architect, System Architect, or senior technical leader on complex, mission-critical projects.
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of Java/Spring Boot and Angular, including the design and implementation of production-grade microservices and APIs.
  • Advanced experience with Spec-Driven Development (SDD), technical risk and complexity assessment, legacy-system analysis, and large-scale data modeling.
  • Strong knowledge of distributed architectures, microservices, and event-driven systems.
  • Practical experience with messaging platforms such as Kafka and/or RabbitMQ, particularly in high-volume transactional environments.
  • Experience with cloud architectures, preferably AWS, as well as modern engineering and deployment practices.
  • Knowledge of observability, monitoring, troubleshooting, resilience, and fault-tolerance patterns for distributed systems, including Circuit Breaker approaches.
  • Proven ability to lead technical teams, mentor software architects and technical leaders, and make sound architectural decisions.
  • Experience working in agile, multi-squad environments and collaborating effectively across technical and business teams.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive-level reports and explain technical subjects in clear, accessible language.
  • A hands-on leadership mindset, with the ability to balance strategic architecture with practical engineering and delivery needs.
  • Experience in regulated industries such as banking or financial services is a plus, particularly knowledge of BACEN and LGPD requirements.
  • Additional advantages include experience with legacy modernization patterns such as Strangler Fig, ACL, and CDC, as well as AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code or Cursor.
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes/EKS, Infrastructure as Code, advanced CI/CD, DDD, Clean Architecture, Hexagonal Architecture, CQRS, Event Sourcing, and highly available, high-volume transactional systems is desirable.
  • Experience leading multiple technical teams simultaneously is an additional advantage.

  Benefits:

  • Health and dental insurance.
  • Food and meal allowances.
  • Childcare assistance.
  • Extended parental leave.
  • Partnerships with fitness, wellness, and healthcare professionals through Wellhub/Gympass and TotalPass.
  • Profit Sharing and Results (PLR).
  • Life insurance.
  • Continuous learning opportunities through an internal learning platform.
  • Discount club and partner offers.
  • Free online resources focused on physical health, mental health, and overall well-being.
  • Pregnancy and responsible-parenthood courses.
  • Partnerships with online learning platforms.
  • Language-learning platform.
  • Inclusive environment with dedicated health, well-being, and inclusion support.
  • Opportunities to work on global transformation initiatives involving modern cloud, data, software, and AI technologies.