Senior Developer

Important Information

Location: Brazil Job Mode: Full-time Work Mode: Work from home

Job Summary

As a Senior Developer, you will be responsible for contributing to the design, development, and delivery of high-quality software solutions in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to identify problems, define technical approaches, and ship reliable production-ready solutions. This role requires strong technical expertise combined with excellent communication skills, enabling effective collaboration, decision-making, and ownership of complex initiatives from concept to delivery.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Act as a senior individual contributor, taking ownership of complex and ambiguous problems from discovery to production delivery;
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable software solutions across different layers of the stack;
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to understand requirements and define solutions;
• Participate in technical discussions, system design reviews, and architectural decisions;
• Write clear technical documentation, including design documents, pull request descriptions, and internal communications;
• Continuously improve existing systems by identifying technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and reliability issues;
• Manage priorities independently, communicate risks or blockers early, and contribute to a healthy team culture.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience delivering real production software in senior-level roles;
• Strong expertise in at least one modern development stack, with flexibility to learn and adopt new technologies quickly;
• Ability to work full-stack or comfortably navigate across different system layers when required;
• Solid experience analyzing and explaining system designs, technical trade-offs, and architectural decisions;
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on identifying root causes and delivering effective solutions;
• Experience working in agile environments and collaborating with distributed teams.

Highly Desirable Skills

• Experience ramping up quickly in unfamiliar domains, languages, or frameworks;
• Demonstrated ability to work independently;
• Experience contributing to system design discussions and influencing technical direction;
• Strong time management skills and ability to balance quality, deadlines, and team capacity;
• Prior experience working with nearshore or international teams.

About Encora

Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world’s leading enterprises and digital native companies. With over 9,000 experts in 47+ offices and innovation labs worldwide, Encora’s technology practices include Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering.

At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.