Overview

If you have ever wondered what it takes to scale financial infrastructure across dozens of emerging markets while keeping systems lightning fast and rock solid, this is your moment. At dLocal, we handle the payment operations for the biggest global merchants out there, processing massive volumes across Latin America, Africa, and Asia. We are searching for a visionary Head of Platform Engineering to lead our infrastructure destiny. This is a fully remote, worldwide opportunity, meaning you can build the future of fintech from wherever you do your best work alongside an incredibly diverse and talented team.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, scale, and inspire a world-class team of platform and infrastructure engineers spread across the globe.
Drive our ambitious AI-assisted engineering transformation, ensuring that increased deployment velocity translates directly into stellar software quality rather than operational overhead.
Architect, secure, and scale our mission-critical payment infrastructure to handle unprecedented transaction volumes without breaking a sweat.
Partner closely with product and engineering leaders to remove bottlenecks, streamline developer workflows, and foster a culture of reliability.
Own the strategy and execution for cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and system resilience across all operational regions.

Requirements

Extensive leadership experience managing high-performing platform, infrastructure, or DevOps teams within high-growth fintech or tech environments.
Deep architectural expertise in designing, scaling, and securing distributed cloud systems that operate at massive global scale.
A proven track record of implementing modern developer tooling, automation, and AI-assisted workflows while keeping change failure rates low and stability high.
Exceptional strategic vision coupled with a hands-on understanding of modern software delivery pipelines and cloud economics.
Fluency in English and a passion for collaborating across borders with teammates from dozens of different nationalities.

What You'll Gain

The chance to make a massive impact on global commerce by unlocking growth in developing economies that others find too complex to navigate.
A competitive compensation package with meaningful perks and complete location independence.
Direct involvement in one of the most exciting AI-driven engineering evolutions happening in the financial technology sector today.
Limitless opportunities for professional growth as you help shape the financial backbone of tomorrow.