Principal Software Engineer, Technical Referent RUST
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Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Why should you join dLocal
dLocal enables the biggest companies in the world to collect payments in 40 countries in emerging markets. Global brands rely on us to increase conversion rates and simplify payment expansion effortlessly. As both a payments processor and a merchant of record where we operate we make it possible for our merchants to make inroads into the worlds fastest-growing emerging markets.
By joining us you will be a part of an amazing global team that makes it all happen. Being a part of dLocal means working with 1000 teammates from 30 different nationalities and developing an international career that impacts millions of peoples daily lives. We are builders we never run from a challenge we are customer-centric and if this sounds like you we know you will thrive in our team.
Whats the opportunity
We are building high-throughput low-latency financial infrastructure in Rust for core payment processing services. This role is focused on backend distributed systems cloud-native services and performance-critical APIs.
What youll be doing:
- Design and lead the architecture of high-throughput low-latency payment services written in Rust handling thousands of requests per second with strict SLA requirements.
- Own concurrency models async execution strategies (Tokio-based systems) memory safety trade-offs and performance profiling at the systems level.
- Define service boundaries event-driven contracts and resilience patterns (idempotency retries backpressure circuit breakers).
- Establish Rust engineering standards across the organization: crate selection policies dependency management error handling patterns testing strategy and production hardening.
- Partner with Platform and SRE teams to design observability structured logging tracing and metrics using OpenTelemetry.
- Lead performance benchmarking load testing and capacity planning for Rust-based services.
What skills youll need:
- Minimum of 10 years of professional experience building high-throughput low-latency distributed systems.
- 4 years of professional Rust experience in production backend systems (not academic or hobby projects).
- Hire mentor and grow a Rust-focused engineering group.
- Deep understanding of systems design principles memory management and concurrency patterns.
- Ability to write clean efficient and idiomatic Rust code with a strong focus on safety and performance.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS.
- Solid experience with event-driven architecture design.
- Experience with modern observability practices and tooling adhering to OpenTelemetry standards.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
- A collaborative mindset and leadership skills with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Bachelors degree in Software Engineering Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
- Optional but highly valued: Professional experience in Go or Java for building large-scale cloud-native applications is a significant plus.
What do we offer
Besides the tailored benefits we have for each country dLocal will help you thrive and go that extra mile by offering you:
- Flexibility: we have flexible schedules and we are driven by performance.
- Fintech industry: work in a dynamic and ever-evolving environment with plenty to build and boost your creativity.
- Referral bonus program: our internal talents are the best recruiters - refer someone ideal for a role and get rewarded.
- Learning & development: get access to a Premium Coursera subscription.
- Language classes: we provide free English Spanish or Portuguese classes.
- Social budget: youll get a monthly budget to chill out with your team (in person or remotely) and deepen your connections!
- dLocal Houses: want to rent a house to spend one week anywhere in the world coworking with your team Weve got your back!
Flexibility in how you work: We focus on impact and productivity over fixed hours. This means our teams have flexible schedules and depending on your role and location you will combine selfmanaged focus time with moments of inperson connection in our collaboration hubs.
What happens after you apply
Our Talent Acquisition team is invested in creating the best candidate experience possible so dont worry you will definitely hear from us. We will review your CV and keep you posted by email at every step of the process!
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Python
- System Design
- Agile
- C/C++
- Go
- Systems Engineering
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Simplify your cross-border payment operations in high-growth markets. Send and receive funds locally, reaching new customers. One easy integration, unlimited secure transactions.
