Staff Software Engineer

São Paulo-SP, Brazil or Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil

Welcome to TELUS Digital — where innovation drives impact at a global scale. As an award-winning digital product consultancy and the digital division of TELUS, one of Canada's largest telecommunications providers, we design and deliver transformative customer experiences through cutting-edge technology, agile thinking, and a people-first culture.

With a global team across North America, South America, Central America, Europe, and APAC, we offer end-to-end expertise across eight core service areas: Digital Product Consulting, Digital Marketing Services, Data & AI, Strategy Consulting, Business Operations Modernization, Enterprise Applications, Cloud Engineering, and QA & Test Engineering.

From mobile apps and websites to voice UI, chatbots, AI, customer service, and in-store solutions, TELUS Digital enables seamless, trusted, and digitally powered experiences that meet customers wherever they are — all backed by the secure infrastructure and scale of our multi-billion-dollar parent company.

This is a hybrid role. This model requires the ability to work in a hybrid mode from one of our offices in São Paulo (2 times/ week or 8 days/ month) or Porto Alegre (3 times/ week or 12 days/ month). Our WFN culture is designed to foster in-person innovation, collaboration, and connection with team members local and visiting from other global offices.

We are hiring for an enthusiastic Staff Backend Engineer. You will be responsible for designing and building scalable and resilient backend systems that power our applications. Leveraging your expertise in cloud technologies, databases, and API development, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust solutions that meet the needs of our clients and users.

We understand our responsibility to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive place within the tech industry, while pushing to make our industry more representative. Because of this responsibility, we need candidates who value diversity and inclusion through their work, team collaboration, or mentorship. So in your cover letter, we encourage you to reflect on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Confidently deliver high-quality software by applying critical thinking to products, requirements, and processes
• Partner closely with clients to influence technical product decisions and business goals
• You'll continually stay up to date with the landscape of software engineering best practices, tools, and frameworks
• Have extensive professional programming experience— we're thinking at least 12+ years
• Understanding of various software architectures and can adapt/compose solutions to unique problems with sustainable and reusable solutions
• Help mentor and coach a project team towards shared goals and outcomes
• Navigate difficult conversations by providing constructive feedback to teams and clients
• You'll identify obstacles to ensure quality, improve our user experience and how we build software
• Self-aware of limitations, yet curious to learn new solutions while being receptive to constructive feedback from teammates
• You'll guide your team to understand and work through changing priorities by bringing positive energy
• Communicate and simplify complex problems in order to foster understanding across multidisciplinary teams
• Design and develop 12-factor apps that can efficiently scale in modern cloud environments.
• Work with relational and non-relational databases to design efficient data models and optimize data access.
• Design and develop APIs that are well-documented, reliable, and consumable by various clients.
• Troubleshoot problems in existing code and systems, identify root causes, and autonomously implement remedial actions.

• 7+ years of experience building data-driven web applications
• An understanding of REST, Microservices, and Amazon AWS a bonus
• Languages: Java + Java EE
• Web platform: JCR, SOA, Spring DI, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Tomcat and design patterns.
• Ideally you've built sites using: AEM 6.1 and above
• Database: understanding of RDBMS with experience using Microsoft SQL Server, MYSQL and/or Oracle
• Version control (git / github / subversion)
• You've worked with a multidisciplinary team (i.e. a team of designers, peer developers, technical requirements managers etc.)
• You're excited to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to write clear, web-standard, well documented code
• Strong understanding of production systems and support
• You've implemented complex website and application interface designs
• Outstanding communication skills - team and client
• You can work collaboratively and independently and are able to manage your time accordingly
• You're committed to continuous learning and have a desire to improve
• Formalized QA/testing and revision-based development
• Ability to think critically and solve complex technical problems

P.S. In an ideal world, you hit all the bullet points we listed, but hey — we know that's a lot of bullets. If you feel confident about a good amount of them, we can ramp you up on the rest.

• You have experience with Docker and Jenkins
• You have experience with HTML(5), CSS(3), Javascript (JQuery preferred), AJAX, JSON, and XML
• Oracle ADF experience
• Excellent communication skills with client representatives

At TELUS Digital, you'll work with world-class brands like FOX, HBO, PepsiCo, and Domino's, building transformative digital products that impact millions. Our global reach allows you to collaborate with diverse, international teams, solving complex problems and delivering tech-driven solutions that matter.

We thrive on engineering excellence, using the latest technologies in cloud computing, AI, machine learning, DevOps, microservices architecture, and data engineering. Our teams embrace Agile methodologies, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and a DevOps-first mindset to deliver solutions at scale.

In addition to being part of an international and innovative consultancy company, you will have:

• A Global Innovation Hub: Be part of an international consultancy at the forefront of technology
• Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy flexible hours and autonomy to balance your professional and personal life
• Cutting-Edge Tech Playground: Dive into the latest technologies and shape the future of digital solutions
• Prestigious Partnerships: Collaborate with world-renowned brands, making a real impact in the market
• Growth-Centric Environment: Thrive in our collaborative ecosystem with a clear career development path
• Global Exposure: Embrace optional international travel opportunities to broaden your horizons

Some of our benefits:

• Health and dental plan
• Life insurance
• Monthly voucher for meals, culture, education, health and mobility
• Child care assistance and more

At TELUS Digital, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to building an inclusive team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. Therefore we provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability.

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