Staff Engineer (Java) at dLocal
Montevideo, MN
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Jul 2, 2026
Montevideo, MN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend engineering role focused on designing and maintaining Java microservices for finance core and reconciliation systems. The position involves setting technical standards, driving automation to reduce manual processes, auditing existing codebases, and mentoring engineers. It suits an experienced Java developer with a strong grasp of financial/reconciliation logic, microservice architecture, and the ability to work with high autonomy.
Senior level · 7+ years · National · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is based in Montevideo, Uruguay or Buenos Aires, Argentina — the US-based flag is set to false and no US CBSA applies.
The title 'Java Technical Referent' carries no standard seniority level word; the title states no level. However, the 7+ years requirement, end-to-end ownership, mentoring, and bar-raiser framing firmly support a Senior classification.
AWS is listed as 'preferred' over GCP, but both appear under the required skills section ('Experience with Cloud Providers such as AWS (preferred) or GCP'), making cloud platform experience a hard gate; AWS is the primary with GCP as an alternative.
Python is framed as 'ability to quickly adapt to Python codebases' — this is a softer phrasing but sits within the required skills block, so it is treated as a hard gate on Python familiarity.
Relational and non-relational databases are both listed as a single requirement ('Good knowledge of Relational and Non-relational Databases') in the required skills section; emitted as two separate skills.
Advanced English is listed as mandatory but is a language proficiency, not a technology or tool, so it is not emitted as a skill.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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