Cloud Architect, dLocal
Emerging markets payments platform
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Emerging markets payments platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable global merchants to connect seamlessly with billions of emerging market users.
Role
Who you are
- At dLocal, we embrace an AI‑first culture—using AI tools is a standard part of how we design, build, and operate
- Hands‑on, senior‑level expertise operating DynamoDB in production (table design and single‑table modeling, indexes, Streams, backup/restore, performance/cost optimization) — this is a must‑have
- Experience with AWS MSK or Kafka for event‑driven and streaming use cases — highly valued
- Experience with DocumentDB and/or MongoDB administration (cluster sizing, replication/sharding, indexing, backups, upgrades, performance tuning)
- Solid command of AWS cloud fundamentals for data platforms (IAM, KMS encryption, networking basics, S3 patterns, monitoring/alerting with CloudWatch; experience with DMS and Lambda is a plus)
- Automation proficiency using Python or JavaScript/TypeScript, GO the AWS CLI, and SDKs to build repeatable operations and safety checks
- Working knowledge of relational databases as a plus (e.g., MySQL/Aurora, PostgreSQL) to partner with peers and support hybrid data designs
- Clear communication in English and a collaborative, service‑oriented mindset working with distributed teams
Desirable
- Certifications in AWS (e.g., Solutions Architect, Database – Specialty) or equivalent demonstrable expertise
- Experience with infrastructure as code and Git‑based workflows (e.g., Terraform/CloudFormation, GitOps)
- Exposure to containers/orchestration (ECS/EKS) and securing data workloads in cloud‑native environments
- Prior work with DocumentDB/MongoDB performance tuning at scale and multi‑region topologies
- Ownership and bias for action, with strong troubleshooting instincts and attention to detail
- Proactive approach to automation, continuous improvement, and reliability engineering
- Collaboration and communication that builds trust across engineering, platform, and operations teams
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Cloud Architect focused on NoSQL and the AWS ecosystem to expand our team’s capabilities beyond MySQL/Aurora and accelerate our platform evolution at scale
- You will own critical database services in production, driving performance, reliability, automation, and cost efficiency across our cloud data layer
- Own, operate, and optimize DynamoDB workloads in production, including data modeling, capacity strategy (provisioned/on‑demand), GSIs/LSIs, TTL, Streams, backup/restore, and multi‑region patterns
- Design, deploy, and maintain relational and not relational databases, including sharding, indexing strategies, backups, and performance tuning
- Leverage AWS services across the data stack (e.g., S3, KMS, IAM, CloudWatch, DMS, Lambda) to build reliable, observable, and secure data solutions
- Implement automation-as-code (CLI/SDK) for schema and capacity changes, operational tasks, and guardrails to reduce toil and error
- Establish and improve observability for databases (metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, SLOs/alerts) and lead performance/root‑cause investigations
- Collaborate with engineers to design efficient data access patterns and guide migrations and schema evolution with minimal downtime
- Contribute to reliability engineering practices (backups, DR, chaos/restore testing, incident reviews) across NoSQL platforms
- Participate in an on‑call rotation and attend emergency escalations, including during off‑hours when required
Application process
- Our Talent Acquisition team is invested in creating the best candidate experience possible, so don’t worry, you will definitely hear from us. We will review your CV and keep you posted by email at every step of the process!
Our take
It is clearly evident that there is a massive payments gap between developed countries and emerging economies, with consumers in many countries having little or no access to modern payment options. dLocal was established in Uruguay to address this gap, which it aims to close not only for its neighbouring countries but across the globe.
Through its unique "One dLocal" concept (one direct API, one platform, and one contract), global companies can accept payments, send pay-outs and settle funds globally without separately managing pay-in and pay-out processors. The company also supplies a defense suite and local issuing for virtual and physical pre-paid cards in Latin America, as well as tools for building payments infrastructure for platforms and marketplaces.
Since founding, the company has expanded across Uruguay, the USA, Israel, Brazil and Europe. The company has seen significant growth while remaining confident and committed to its original mission. A notable achievement is dLocal becoming a certified Payment Initiation Service Provider in Brazil, which means it can eliminate unnecessary steps for users in the region.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2021
$150m
LATE VC
Sep 2020
$200m
SERIES A
Total funding: $357m
Company HQ
Tres Cruces, Montevideo, Montevideo Department
Leadership
Sergio Fogel
(Co-Founder & CSO)Co-founded multiple companies, such as AstroPay, and is an Official Member of the Forbes Finance Council.
Pedro Arnt
(CEO)Member of the Board of Directors at Allegro who advises at several firms. Previously EVP and CFO at MercadoLibre.com.
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