Software Architect, Security Specialist

• Work cross-functionally within the Digital Services for Medical Practice team, focusing on the iClinic ecosystem
• Evolve product architecture and support technical decisions from discovery through go-live
• Ensure solutions deliver scalability, security, resilience, performance, and efficiency
• Contribute to the integration and evolution of Afya’s technology ecosystem
• Define and evolve software architecture incorporating Security by Design
• Guide decisions by evaluating trade-offs among security, scalability, performance, resilience, cost, and delivery speed
• Support the definition of technology stacks, frameworks, tools, and technical standards
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Data, Security, and Infrastructure teams
• Define and promote standards for architecture, secure development, technical documentation, version control, deployment, and secrets management
• Conduct technical and architectural reviews, impact analyses, and mentoring
• Identify and reduce technical debt, vulnerabilities, and architectural risks
• Support DevSecOps practices in CI/CD pipelines, including automated security controls and analyses
• Guide decisions regarding cloud, observability, resilience, cost efficiency, and security in AWS environments
• Support system modernization, integration, and evolution projects, considering APIs, messaging, service-oriented architecture, and interoperability
• Work with Information Security and Infrastructure teams to strengthen application protection and environment compliance
• Serve as a technical reference and promote engineering best practices and architectural maturity

• Strong experience working as a Software Architect on medium- or large-scale digital products
• Solid, hands-on experience with AWS — mandatory requirement
• Experience with cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and infrastructure environments
• Knowledge of software architecture and patterns such as microservices, event-driven architecture, and Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Experience applying security to software architecture, including Security by Design principles
• Knowledge of IAM, OAuth/OIDC, SSO, secrets management, and cryptography fundamentals
• Experience with APIs, integrations, messaging, and distributed systems
• Knowledge of CI/CD, DevSecOps, and security practices throughout the development lifecycle
• Experience with infrastructure as code, such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Ability to analyze scenarios, make architectural decisions, and clearly document technical trade-offs and decisions
• Clear communication skills and the ability to technically influence diverse stakeholders
• Autonomous, collaborative, proactive profile with the ability to serve as a technical reference
• Nice to have: experience in the HealthTech sector; experience with products focused on healthcare or medical practice; experience protecting sensitive data, especially health-related data; knowledge of Brazil’s LGPD, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, or other security and compliance frameworks; experience with AI and Artificial Intelligence applications; knowledge of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and AWS Security Reference Architecture (SRA)

• Meal and food allowance
• Flexible working hours and arrangements (for remote positions)
• Transportation allowance (for hybrid or on-site positions)
• Profit-sharing program
• Flexible benefits: flexible allowance provided through a Flash Card for you to use as you prefer
• Gympass / Wellhub
• Psicologia Viva: online platform for consultations with psychologists and nutritionists
• Health and dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Extended parental leave (up to 6 months for mothers and 20 days for fathers)
• Rede D'Or: support and important health information for mothers and babies through a network of accredited nurses
• Partnership with the SESC unit in your region
• Birthday day off
• Platform offering a variety of courses to enhance your knowledge (UCA)
• Language academy (AIA)
• Leadership development program
• Afya Women’s Mentoring (MMA)
• Discounts on undergraduate and graduate courses at Afya educational institutions
• Premium subscriptions to Afya iClinic and Afya Whitebook (an additional benefit for Medical Professors)