Senior Staff Data Engineer

At Blip, data is more than a byproduct, it's a strategic asset. Our Data Platform powers everything from internal decision-making to the next generation of AI-driven experiences. We're now looking for a Sr. Staff Data/Platform Engineer to play a foundational role in scaling and evolving this platform.

This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about solving deep engineering challenges, working across large-scale distributed systems, and translating real-time data into meaningful intelligence across the company.

You’ll be the technical backbone of our Data and Platform Engineering team, owning critical platform decisions, mentoring engineers, and designing future-proof, low-latency, high-throughput systems that power analytics, machine learning, and real-time business logic.

As a senior individual contributor, you’ll work side-by-side with product, infrastructure, and AI teams, helping shape Blip’s data foundation for years to come.

• →Platform Engineering & Distributed Systems
  Design, implement, and optimize distributed data systems using technologies like Kafka, Flink, Spark, and Delta Lake, ensuring scalability, fault tolerance, and high performance across streaming and batch workloads.
• →Streaming & Real-time Data Pipelines
  Build and maintain low-latency, high-throughput pipelines capable of handling billions of events per day, powering real-time dashboards, ML feature stores, and intelligent products.
• →Data Architecture & Systems Design
  Translate business requirements into robust, scalable architectural patterns, integrating best practices across data modeling, orchestration, data governance, and observability.
• →Engineering Excellence & Code Quality
  Write high-quality, maintainable code and establish patterns that raise the engineering bar. Collaborate in code reviews and mentor other engineers in software craftsmanship.
• →AI Infrastructure & Decision Systems
  Help bridge traditional machine learning workloads with modern AI-based decision systems. Support the evolution of our ML pipelines into agent-based or model-context protocol (MCP)-enabled workflows.
• →Collaboration & Leadership
  Work cross-functionally with Product, AI, and Software Engineering teams to drive platform adoption and unlock new capabilities. Act as a technical leader and sounding board on system evolution and architecture choices.
  
  

• 8+ years in Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Software Engineering roles.
• Demonstrated expertise building and scaling distributed systems and data platforms.
• Deep hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, or similar technologies.
• Strong knowledge of streaming architectures, real-time data processing, and event-driven systems.

• Solid foundation in software engineering: design patterns, testing, CI/CD, versioning, clean code.
• Proficiency in modern languages such as Scala, Java, or Python.
• Expertise in SQL, data modeling, and performance tuning for analytical and transactional workloads.

• Experience implementing or working with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or modern AI infrastructure paradigms.
• Familiarity with ML Ops, feature stores, and model deployment frameworks.
• Knowledge of data governance principles, observability stacks, and RBAC/RLS at scale.

🕘 Flexible Hours: Enjoy autonomy to organize your routine with balance and responsibility.
🏠 Flexible Work Models: Remote, hybrid, or on-site — depending on the role’s needs.
👕 No Dress Code: Be yourself, without formalities.
🖥️ Home Office and Blip Setup Allowance: Financial support to create or upgrade your remote workspace.
🎉 Birthday Day Off: Take a day off during your birthday month to celebrate your way.
🔋 Blip Recharge: Five paid days off per year for employees not required to clock in, designed to promote balance and rest.

🍽️ Meal or Food Allowance: BRL 1,144.00 per month, fully covered (no deductions) and credited even during vacations or leave.
🚍 Transportation Voucher: Available according to commuting needs.
🏋️‍♀️ Wellhub (Gympass): Access to gyms, wellness apps, and physical activities — also extended to dependents.
🎭 SESC Partnership: Access to culture, leisure, sports, hotels, vacation programs, and more.

🩺 Health Plan (Amil): Nationwide coverage with private hospital rooms for you and your dependents, with co-participation only.
🦷 Dental Plan: Nationwide coverage for you and your dependents, with three plan options and full coverage of the selected plan cost.
🧠 Conexa Saúde: Online psychological care platform.
🔐 Life Insurance: Coverage equivalent to 24 times your monthly salary.

👶 Extended Maternity Leave: 180 days to embrace this new chapter with peace of mind.
👨‍👧 Extended Paternity Leave: 30 days to be present and strengthen family bonds.
🧸 Childcare Allowance: Reimbursement of BRL 676.81 for children up to 2 years old and BRL 592.21 for children up to 5 years old.
🧩 Allowance for Dependents with Disabilities: BRL 846.02 support for children with disabilities or neurodiversity.

📘 Educational Support: Partnerships with universities and language schools.
💰 Short-Term Incentive Program (ICP): Financial recognition tied to Blip’s performance goals.

🏳️‍🌈 Your Name Matters: Reimbursement of up to BRL 250.00 for expenses related to name and/or gender marker changes, reinforcing inclusion and respect for identity.