I’m looking for remote senior backend or tech lead roles at product companies (fintech, payments, banking), US/global in USD or Brazilian in BRL.

Jailton Andrade
@jailtonandrade
Senior Java/Spring Backend Engineer & Tech Lead · Payments & Credit Platforms · Ex-Itaú Unibanco (−50% incidents, −20% infra cost)
What I'm looking for
At Itaú Unibanco, I directed technical work on a revolving-credit and account-limit platform with a portfolio above BRL 2 billion. I helped cut product incidents by 50%, reduce MTTR by 25%, and lower infrastructure costs by 20%.
I also introduced AI-assisted engineering initiatives using GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Devin, helping increase delivery throughput 30% year over year. I mentored two engineering teams on architecture, API contracts, authentication, and resilience patterns.
At Itaú Unibanco, I worked on financial platforms including IT Now, an ETF investment platform integrating a JavaScript front end with a Java back end. I also developed solutions for credit origination and account management, and built integrations with banking, risk, and collections systems.
Earlier, I helped stabilize a delayed Santander branch teller-system project and contributed to Porto Seguro's legacy modernization. My work has focused on Java and Spring systems, microservices, and financial services across banking and insurance.
I built a Pix integration feature and designed event-driven services with Kafka, handling idempotency and high-volume financial transactions.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led technical direction for a revolving-credit and account-limit platform (portfolio above BRL 2 billion) at Itaú Unibanco's Ativos PJ (SME) community, in a squad technical leadership role (internal title "Coordenador," equivalent to a market Technical Lead function).
- Directed backend/frontend architecture (Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Python/AWS Lambda automation); drove migration to AWS-nativ
Senior Full Stack Engineer — Java, Angular & Financial Platforms (AWS)
Oct 2019 - Sep 2022 (2 years 11 months)
Senior Software Engineer for Itaú Unibanco's public digital channel, designing and maintaining backend services (Java, Spring Framework, REST APIs, PostgreSQL) for large-scale financial environments.
- Architected "IT Now," an ETF investment platform integrating a JavaScript/HTML/CSS front-end with a Java back-end on Adobe Experience Manager — the bank's first such integration — ahead of a CVM (
Senior Backend Software Engineer — Java, Spring Boot & Critical Project Recovery
Jul 2019 - Oct 2019 (3 months)
Senior IT Systems Analyst, staffed by Resource IT (Wipro) as a backend consultant on Banco Santander's new branch teller-system project — a delayed, bug-prone initiative at risk of failure.
- Joined during a crisis period of delays and production bugs threatening system stability; applied technical leadership and decision-making under pressure to stabilize the system within a ~4-month engagement
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer — Java, AEM & Legacy Modernization (Porto Se
Jun 2019 - Jul 2019 (1 month)
Full-Stack Java Developer at Pasquali Solution, staffed as an Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and Java specialist on Porto Seguro's (major insurance company) legacy-system modernization — a program suffering vendor delays and missed contract commitments.
- Joined a stalled modernization contract with 0% of applications published and running in production; through Java, Spring Boot, and microservi
Senior Backend Software Engineer — Java, Spring Boot & Security Architecture (Ba
Aug 2018 - Jun 2019 (10 months)
Systems Analyst staffed by Everis (NTT Data) as a backend Java contractor on Itaú's "IC Consig" project — a pioneering payroll-loan (empréstimo consignado) mobile platform for partner companies, the bank's first architecture of its kind.
- Co-designed a secure, accessible architecture so partner-company employees could safely use the app without exposing Itaú or its customers to risk — applying
Senior Full Stack software engineer - Java, WordPress, Systems Design & SME Digi
Oct 2015 - Jul 2018 (2 years 9 months)
Senior IT Systems Analyst for Campo Construção, a civil-construction company, building its first client-facing digital presence and internal financial-control tools from the ground up.
- Designed and launched the company's first website (WordPress/CMS), letting clients track project progress through photo updates — contributing to a 25% increase in sales through improved market visibility (techn
IT Systems Analyst (Full) — Delphi, SQL Server & Process Automation
Aug 2013 - Apr 2014 (8 months)
Full (Pleno) IT Systems Analyst at Ricoh Brasil, promoted from Junior Developer after demonstrated requirements analysis, data analysis, and problem-solving on the company's internal systems.
- Solved a chronic 30-45 day bottleneck in the Printcenter's income-tax document pipeline (receipt, processing, printing, sorting, delivery) by building a Delphi 7 + FormsPath solution that pre-sorted files
Junior Developer — Delphi, SQL Server & Internal ERP Systems (SIGEP, SICAD)
Jul 2011 - Aug 2013 (2 years 1 month)
Junior Developer at Ricoh Brasil, building on-device applications using Delphi and SQL Server for a multinational printing equipment and services provider.
- Designed and built an automated executable-update mechanism for on-device applications, giving the operations team greater transparency and agility when deploying new system versions across equipment in the field (technical: Delphi, SQL Ser
Gained practical experience in systems development using Delphi (versions 5, 7, and 2007) and SQL Server 2005 and 2007 databases for business and commercial applications.
Provided IT support and participated in systems development using the ScriptCase tool, PHP, and PostgreSQL database.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Aug 2023
Certiprof
Scrum Foundation professional certificate
Aug 2023
Faccamp
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science
2007 - 2010
Bachelor's in Computer Science, focused on software development, data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming principles, with coursework in artificial intelligence, machine learning, knowledge representation, information retrieval, and the semantic web. Recognized by faculty for strong analytical thinking, creative problem-solving, and the ability to translate complex requirements
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