Senior Staff Engineer

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São Paulo, BRA
Hybrid
Senior level
Big Data • Marketing Tech • Analytics
The Role
Lead architecture and delivery of scalable, reliable distributed systems and DataHub platform components. Drive backend and full‑stack development, cloud-native operations, incident response, testing and CI/CD, security-by-design, mentoring, and global collaboration to expand integrations and reuse.
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Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company that empowers opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a wide range of markets, including financial services, healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, among others. Experian invests in people and advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 employees across 32 countries.

What makes us unique is how we value you. Experian’s people-first, inclusive, and purpose-driven culture has been recognized by several awards — including World’s Best Workplaces™ 2025 (Fortune Top 25 globally) and Great Place to Work™ in 26 countries, among others. Check out Experian Life on social media or explore our careers site to learn more about why.

Experian also takes pride in being an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. If you have a disability or require any accommodation, please let us know as soon as possible.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Staff Engineer to act as a key technical leader in building and scaling Experian’s global DataHub platform. In this role, you will architect and deliver large‑scale distributed systems, drive full‑stack development, and collaborate with global teams to expand data integration capabilities. You will play a critical role in setting engineering standards, ensuring production excellence, and enabling Brazil to lead global DataHub initiatives.

🛠️ Your key responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end architecture and delivery of complex backend and platform solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
  • Design, build, and operate distributed systems using modern engineering practices and cloud-native technologies.
  • Drive technical leadership through architecture discussions, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
  • Collaborate closely with global stakeholders, including North America and KL DataHub teams, to expand integrations and data capabilities.
  • Lead incident resolution, postmortems, and continuous improvement of reliability and observability.
  • Promote high standards in testing (unit, integration, automation) and CI/CD pipelines with safe deployment practices.
  • Mentor and support engineers, strengthening technical skills and fostering knowledge sharing.
  • Contribute to inner-source initiatives and global engineering alignment, reducing duplication and improving reuse.
  • Ensure security-by-design principles and proactively address vulnerabilities and compliance requirements.
  • Drive full-stack delivery when needed (Java + Angular/React), ensuring high-quality user and platform experiences.

Qualifications

🎯 What we expect from you

  • Strong experience in backend engineering, distributed systems, or platform engineering.
  • Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and distributed systems fundamentals.
  • Experience with full-stack development using Angular or React (TypeScript, components, API consumption).
  • Strong knowledge of system design, performance, scalability, and reliability.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS or ECS).
  • Solid experience with testing practices (unit, integration, acceptance automation) and CI/CD pipelines (deployment, promotions, rollback strategies).
  • Familiarity with tools such as OpenAPI, Jenkins, SonarQube, and security scanning tools (e.g., Veracode or Checkmarx).
  • Experience with event-driven or data streaming patterns (e.g., Kafka or similar).
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and security awareness.
  • Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and influence architectural decisions.
  • Experience working in global, distributed environments, with strong collaboration skills.
  • Familiarity with modern engineering tools (e.g., draw.io or similar).
  • Adoption of an AI-native mindset, including usage of tools such as Cursor, Claude (or equivalent), MCP, and agentic engineering practices.
  • Advanced English proficiency is required.
  • Availability to work in a hybrid model based in São Paulo/SP.

Nice to have

  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and advanced AWS tuning.
  • Advanced use of AI or automation tools beyond the mandatory baseline.

Additional Information

At Serasa Experian, we believe that diversity is essential for a healthier and more innovative work environment, where everyone can share experiences and express their ideas. That’s why we promote several initiatives to support inclusive recruitment and the professional development of our people.

We also have our affinity groups, created to empower and support individuals from underrepresented groups: ExperianPride (LGBTQIAPN+ community), Ubuntu (racial equity), Women in Experian (gender equity), Aspire (people with disabilities), and Connecting Generations (generations).

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Skills Required

  • Strong experience in backend engineering, distributed systems, or platform engineering
  • Expertise in Java
  • Expertise in Spring Boot
  • Experience with microservices
  • Full‑stack development with Angular or React and TypeScript
  • System design, performance, scalability, and reliability knowledge
  • Hands‑on AWS experience
  • Container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS or ECS)
  • Testing practices (unit, integration, acceptance automation) and CI/CD pipelines
  • Familiarity with OpenAPI
  • Familiarity with Jenkins
  • Familiarity with SonarQube
  • Familiarity with security scanning tools (Veracode or Checkmarx)
  • Experience with event‑driven or data streaming patterns (Kafka or similar)
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and security awareness
  • Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and influence architectural decisions
  • Experience working in global, distributed environments with strong collaboration skills
  • Familiarity with modern engineering tools (e.g., draw.io or similar)
  • Adoption of an AI‑native mindset and use of tools such as Cursor, Claude, MCP, and agentic engineering practices
  • Advanced English proficiency
  • Availability to work in a hybrid model based in São Paulo/SP
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and advanced AWS tuning
  • Advanced use of AI or automation tools beyond the mandatory baseline

Experian Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Experian and has not been reviewed or approved by Experian.

  • Healthcare Strength Medical and dental coverage is described as strong, with expanded mental health resources and telemedicine options. Coverage includes inclusive services such as gender transition and fertility support.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time-off offerings are generous, including substantial PTO/vacation, paid holidays, and paid volunteer days with options to purchase additional leave. Parental leave is available for birth and non-birth parents alongside flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance.
  • Retirement Support Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company matching and contributory pension schemes in some regions. These elements complement base pay and bonuses to form a competitive total rewards package.

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The Company
HQ: Costa Mesa, CA
16,292 Employees
Year Founded: 1980

What We Do

Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. During life’s big moments – from buying a home or car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business exponentially by connecting it with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage data with confidence so they can maximize every opportunity. We gather, analyse and process data in ways others can’t. We help individuals take financial control and access financial services, businesses make smarter decision and thrive, lenders lend more responsibly, and organizations prevent identity fraud and crime. For more than 125 years, we’ve helped consumers and clients prosper, and economies and communities flourish – and we’re not done. Our 20,600 people in 43 countries believe the possibilities for you, and our world, are growing. We’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation so we can help create a better tomorrow. About Experian: Bringing data to life requires creativity, passion, flexibility and expertise. We want you to share in our success. That's why we offer rewards that recognise great performance. Working in a culture of collaboration, achievement and respect we will give you the support and encouragement you need to develop your skills and talents and progress your career. Everyday our people bring enthusiasm, innovation and inspiration to work and if this sounds like you connect with us at Experian.

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