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Location: Brazil Remote

Department: Engineering

Employment: B2B Contract

Hours: EST timezone

About YLD:

Our goal is to help our clients keep moving forward. We work with them to build the skills and capabilities they need to stay ahead of the competition, and we know our success only happens when they succeed. We’re a team of curious, talented people, and we’re committed to making YLD a place where great people want to work, grow, and stay.

We’re a remote-first consultancy specialising in software engineering, product design, and data. Our teams are based across London, Lisbon, and Porto, and we create digital solutions that continue to deliver value long after our work is done.

About the role:

As a Senior Software Engineer at YLD, you’ll be part of a client team building innovative products. We’re looking for someone curious, passionate, driven, and enthusiastic. You should be skilled in problem-solving and experienced in designing scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant architectures. You’re also an effective communicator and a strong team player. Together with your team, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced engineering environment, delivering outstanding results and exciting projects.

Technical competencies:

Proven experience writing highly maintainable and performant Python/PySpark code
Good understanding of Cloud environments, particularly Microsoft Azure and data orchestration systems such as Dagster or Apache Airflow
Good understanding of containerisation platforms such as Docker and container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes
Experience working with data lakes; experience with Spark or Databricks
Understanding of common data transformation and storage formats, e.g. Apache Parquet
Familiar with version control systems such as Git and GitHub

Non-Technical competencies:

Problem-solving skills that balance innovation with pragmatic technology choices to solve business needs
Comfortable working in a dynamic production environment and taking care of client expectations effectively
Distinct customer focus and quality mindset
Experience working closely with engineering leadership and architects to deliver high-quality solutions
Experience in maintaining a high degree of ownership and transparency in deliverables
An exemplar of YLD’s brand and safeguarder of our reputation
Exceptional communication skills, able to communicate complex ideas in a simple fashion

What you’ll get in return:

The chance to work with a forward-thinking, ethical, and fun group of people and to develop and grow your skills in a fast-moving business

Our typical Recruitment Process looks like this:

1st Interview with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins)
Technical Interview with our Senior Developers (1h30)
Meet our Client Partner (30 mins)

We live and breathe our values, and know you will too:

Growing every day
Including everyone
Relationships built on honesty and ethics
Inspiring solutions
Winning together

We’re an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity in all its forms. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability. We also offer a remote-first working environment, with flexible working and work–life balance as standard for all employees.

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