Software Engineer

Position: Software Engineer Location: Brazil

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, and operate high-scale applications across the entire engineering stack.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software solutions.
• Apply modern software development practices (serverless computing, microservices architecture, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, etc.).
• Work across teams to integrate systems with existing internal infrastructure, Data Fabric, and CSA Toolset.
• Participate in roadmap and technology architecture discussions to fulfill business requirements and vision within a cohesive, globally distributed engineering team.
• Triage product or system issues with debugging, tracing, and resolution by analyzing root causes and impact on network or service operations and quality.
• Research, design, and build software applications to extend and enhance Equifax Solutions while managing priorities, deadlines, and project deliverables.
• Collaborate on scalability topics involving data and information access, actively participating in Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, and team activities.

ROLE OVERVIEW

FUNCTION: TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT & CUSTOMER SERVICE

Responsible for the design, development, and implementation of short- and long-term IT solutions through new and existing applications, system architecture, network systems, and application infrastructure. Frequently involved in modifying or adapting existing projects. Reviews technology requirements and business processes; codes, tests, debugs, and implements software solutions. Roles are primarily project-based, driving technology transformation across the enterprise.

LEVEL & SCOPE

• Requires in-depth knowledge and experience to operate independently with limited guidance and supervision.
• Applies new perspectives on existing solutions to solve complex problems.
• Makes decisions in accordance with guidelines and policies affecting customer, operational, process, or project activities.
• Develops work plans for short-term assignments of moderate complexity.

KEY CORE COMPETENCIES

• Engineering Requirements Analysis: Guides and provides clarity during the SDLC requirements phase; owns and leads "Definition of Done" and "Production Readiness."
• Industry Knowledge : Leverages industry design patterns and software engineering strategies to implement proof-of-value prototypes.
• Idea Creation : Supports creative value initiatives with technical feasibility assessment tasks.
• Engineering Design : Applies expertise to deliver high-quality software from build through production operations.
• Agile Engineering Best Practices : Delivers flexible, incremental software; performs effective estimation, task breakdown, and dependency mapping.
• Systems Thinking : Uses knowledge of system integration to enhance peer work and ensure defined system availability expectations are met.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
• 5+ years of experience writing, debugging, and troubleshooting code in Core Java, SpringBoot, TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• 5+ years of experience with Cloud technologies: GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• 5+ years of experience designing and developing cloud-native solutions.
• 5+ years of experience designing and developing microservices using Java, SpringBoot, GCP SDKs, and GKE/Kubernetes.
• 5+ years of experience deploying and releasing software using Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, Helm charts, and Terraform builds.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS & PREFERRED SKILLS

• Proactiveness in identifying and respond to changing priorities with minimal supervision.
• Experience designing and developing big data processing solutions using Dataflow/Apache Beam, Bigtable, BigQuery, PubSub, GCS, and Composer/Airflow.
• UI development experience (e.g., HTML, JavaScript, Angular, Bootstrap).
• Experience with backend technologies (JAVA/J2EE, SpringBoot, SOA), SCM systems (SVN/Git, GitHub), and build tools (Maven, Gradle).
• Experience in Agile environments (Scrum, XP) and relational databases (SQL Server, MySQL).
• Familiarity with Atlassian suite (JIRA, Confluence) and modern JDK (v1.7+).
• Automated testing skills: JUnit, Selenium, LoadRunner, SoapUI. Cloud certification preferred.